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Study Abroad: CHINA

Undergraduate Library Resources
Books - Films - Music Recordings


BOOKS

Travel

  • China - Caroline Liou, et al. - 915.10459 C44112000
  • Fodor’s Exploring China - Christopher Knowles - 915.1 K761f
  • Travel’s of a Photographer in China, 1933 -1946 - Hedda Morrison - 915.10442 M834T

Literature

  • Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie translated by Ina Rilke - 846 D142Ob:E
  • Bao feng zou yu (The Hurricane) - Libo Zhou translated by Hsu Meng -hsiung - 895.13 C45H
  • Crazed - Ha Jin - 813 J564c

History & Culture

  • China Miracle - Justin Yifu Lin, Fang Cai, & Zhou Li - 330.951L63z:E2003
  • Culture and Customs of China - Richard Gunde - 951 G955c
  • Daoism and Chinese Culture - Livia Kohn - 299.514 K827d
  • The History of China - David Curtis Wright - 951 W931h
  • Lun shih ta kuan hsi (On the Ten Major Relationships) - Mao Zedong - 951.M32LE

Language

  • Chinese 1000: idiomatic and colloquial expressions, Mandarin Chinese/English - Jerome P. Keuper - 495.1321 K516
  • Interactions I: a cognitive approach to beginning Chinese - Margaret Mian Yan, Jennifer Li-chia Liu - 495.186421 Y151

Food & Cooking

  • Classic Chinese Recipes - Carol Bowen, et al. - Q. 641.5951 C569
  • Key to Chinese Cooking - Irene Kuo - 641.5951 K964K1996
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FILMS

  • Afei cheng chuan (Days of Being Wild) - Cantonese with English subtitles - DVD 791.43655 D336 and VIDREC 791.43653 A1
  • Chuang tao chen (The Spooky Bunch) - Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 C47
  • Empire of the Sun - English and French with subtitles in multiple languages - DVD 791.4372 Em731w
  • Huo Zhe (To Live) - Mandarin with English, French or Spanish subtitles - DVD 791.43653 T55m
  • Shi Gi Sui De Dan Che (Beijing Bicycle) - Chinese with English subtitles - DVD 791.43655 Sh61
  • Through Chinese Women’s Eyes - VIDREC 305.488951 T416
  • Tong Meng Qi Yuan (Wait ‘Til You’re Older) - Cantonese or Mandarin with subtitles in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese or English - DVD 791.43653 T613
  • 2046 - Cantonese with English or Spanish subtitles - DVD 791.43615 T930
  • Twin Dragons -DVD791.43617 T923
  • Wo hu zang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) - Mandarin with English or French subtitles - DVD 791.43615 C884
  • Wong Fei-hung II (Once Upon a Time in China) - Cantonese and Mandarin with English, French, or Spanish subtitles - DVD 791.43658 On1
  • Yan Zhi Kou (Rouge) - Cantonese with optional soundtrack in Mandarin and subtitles in multiple languages - DVD 791.4372 Y392f
  • Zui Jia Pai Dang - Cantonese and English (no subtitles) - VIDREC 791.4372 T7892
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MUSIC RECORDINGS

The items listed below are located in the Music Library.
2136 Music Building 
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mux/

  • Buddhist Liturgy of Tibet - CDISC M2188.B8 B82
  • China (Chine) - CDISC M1804 C4
  • China: music of the pipa - CDISC M142P6 L85C4
  • China: musique classique - CDISC M1804 C44
  • Chinese Music of the Han and the Uighurs - CDISC M1804 C444
  • Chinese Songs and Dances: music from the 56 ethnic groups of China, vol. 1 - CDISC M1804 C455
  • Drums: Chinese percussion music - CDISC M1804D79 H8
  • Guangdong Folk Tunes - CDISC M1804G9 H8
  • Liu jin sui yue (The Best of Chinese Pop Evergreens) - CDISC M1804 N57L5
  • Music of Chinese Minorities - CDISC M1804 M867
  • Red Violin: original motion picture soundtrack - CDISC M1527 C67R4S6
  • Reminiscences of Yunnan - CDISC M1804R35 H8
  • South Breeze Lyric: ensembles of Chinese traditional stringed & woodwind instruments - CDISC M1804 S687
  • Xia ke xing: Yue yu wu xia dian ying jing dian yin yue (Swordsmen of China: music from the most favourite Chinese swordsmen films) - CDISC M1527.2 S53S9
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