Ling Y Hsu

The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy

There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions and prevent the most disastrous effects of climate change-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change polic...

Analyzing Communication: Praxis of Method

The collection of data sources in the social sciences involves communication in one form or another: between research participants who are observed while communicating or between researcher and researched, who communicate so that the former can learn about/from the latter. How does one analyze commu...

Rethinking Recarving: Ideals, Practices, and Problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China (Princeton University Art Museum Series)

The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) are among the earliest works of Chinese art examined in an international arena. Since the eleventh century, the carvings have been identified by scholars as one of the most valuable and authentic materials for the stu...

The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy

There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions and prevent the most disastrous effects of climate change-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change polic...

A Reader in Post-Cultural Revolution Chinese Literature

Typhoon Holidays: Taiwan (Global Kids Storybooks)

Chan Maître Sheng Yen-Une traversée du savoir et de la connaissance : 聖嚴法師學思歷程(法文版) (French Edition)

During his long career as a monk, teacher of Buddadharma, and founder of monasteries, meditation centers, and educational institutions, Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009) was also a very prolific lecturer, scholar, and author. Over the years, his published works in many languages have benefited students a...

Monks in Glaze

Monks in Glaze is a complete reassessment of the famous group of large glazed ceramic sculptures known as the Yixian Luohans. Drawing upon hitherto-unknown epigraphic documents, Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu proposes a new date (1511 1519) for the group s production and, for the first time, identifies the ...

Born of the Same Roots

Born of the Same Roots