James A. Flath

James A. Flath is professor in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
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The Cult of Happiness

Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China

UBC Press

The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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Traces of the Sage

Monument, Materiality, and the First Temple of Confucius

By James A. Flath; Series edited by Ronald G. Knapp and Xing Ruan
University of Hawaii Press
  • Copyright year: 2016
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