Collection: Reference

Beginning at the turn of the century, The Chronicle of Jazz charts the evolution of jazz from its roots to the myriad urban styles heard around the world today. The book looks closely at how jazz as influenced - and been influenced by - other musical and artistic forms. Each chronologically arran...

Year-by-year coverage of 10,000 news items and 3,000 illustrations. Looks at the people, places and events.

Between the 8th and the 13th centuries, the Chola dynasty was the dominant cultural, religious and political force in southern India. Spectacular elements of the dynasty's artistic legacy are its bronze representations of Shiva and other Hindu gods.

Useful information for Australian consumers from Choice Magazine including product reviews, testing and surveys.

The aim of this guide is to make records relating to Chinese immigration and settlement and Chinese-Australians in NSW more accessible to family and academic historians and researchers into Chinese-Australian history

Organised into 4 chronological sections, from the Neolithic through the Liao-Song-Jin-Yuan periods, the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty, He Li's book is the definitive guide to the provenance, technique, history and ancient traditions of Chinese ceramic works.

The vast sweep of Chinese history, from the earliest proto-human remains to the fall of the last emperor.

Based on unpublished documents and outstanding contemporary pictures, recounts the complex dealings between the West and China, from the first hesitant trading contacts to the years of colonialism and the fall of the Imperial monarchy....