Author: Pierre Ostrowski
Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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This fully illustrated overview of Chinese culture creates graphic impressions that allow the reader to get a real feel for what it's like to be in the "Middle Kingdom".
Author: Richard Gunde
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Captures the essence of China, past and present, in one volume.
Author: Angin Eagan
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814346802
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Author: Nathan Vedal
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231553765
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Winner, 2023 Morris D. Forkosch Prize, Journal of the History of Ideas The scholarly culture of Ming dynasty China (1368–1644) is often seen as prioritizing philosophy over concrete textual study. Nathan Vedal uncovers the preoccupation among Ming thinkers with specialized linguistic learning, a field typically associated with the intellectual revolution of the eighteenth century. He explores the collaboration of Confucian classicists and Buddhist monks, opera librettists and cosmological theorists, who joined forces in the pursuit of a universal theory of language. Drawing on a wide range of overlooked scholarly texts, literary commentaries, and pedagogical materials, Vedal examines how Ming scholars positioned the study of language within an interconnected nexus of learning. He argues that for sixteenth- and seventeenth-century thinkers, the boundaries among the worlds of classicism, literature, music, cosmology, and religion were far more fluid and porous than they became later. In the eighteenth century, Qing thinkers pared away these other fields from linguistic learning, creating a discipline focused on corroborating the linguistic features of ancient texts. Documenting a major transformation in knowledge production, this book provides a framework for rethinking global early modern intellectual developments. It offers a powerful alternative to the conventional understanding of late imperial Chinese intellectual history by focusing on the methods of scholarly practice and the boundaries by which contemporary thinkers defined their field of study.
Author: Jonathan N. Lipman
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438411030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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In this volume, Lipman and Harrell explore the prevalence and ubiquity of violence in China, a society whose official norms value harmony and condemn conflict. The book investigates violence in a wide variety of situations through the sweep of history and in contexts ranging from the family to the national polity. The book explores motivations for violence from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. Historically, the authors cover bloody religious rebellions in premodern times, the depiction of violence in traditional popular novels, ethnic strife between Muslims and Han Chinese in the Northwest, and feuding local communities in the Southeast. Modern China is depicted by analyses of rural and urban violence in Mao's Cultural Revolution and an examination of continuing domestic violence. This depiction of the cultural themes and motivations for violence allow lessons drawn from specific contexts to be applied to the nature of Chinese culture in general.
Author: Alison Bailey
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780756631598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A portrait of the world's oldest living civilization - past, present and future. Chinaexplores every aspect of this vast nation - the landscape, history, architecture, people, culture, and beliefs - in an authoritative and appealing visual style.
Author: 許倬雲
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023115920X
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 633
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An internationally recognized authority on Chinese history and a leading innovator in its telling, the author constructs an original portrait of Chinese culture. Unlike most historians, he resists centering his narrative on China's political evolution, focusing instead on the country's cultural sphere and its encounters with successive waves of globalization. Beginning long before China's written history and extending through the twentieth century, he follows the content and expansion of Chinese culture, describing the daily lives of commoners, their spiritual beliefs and practices, the changing character of their social and popular thought, and their advances in material culture and technology. In addition to listing the achievements of emperors, generals, ministers, and sages, he builds detailed accounts of these events and their everyday implications. Dynastic change, the rise and fall of national ambitions, and the growth and decline of institutional systems take on new significance through the author's careful research, which captures the multiple strands that gave rise to China's pluralistic society. Paying particular attention to influential relationships occurring outside of Chinese cultural boundaries, he demonstrates the impact of foreign influences on Chinese culture and identity and identifies similarities between China's cultural developments and those of other nations.
Author: Haiming Yan
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785338056
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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There is a World Heritage Craze in China. China claims to have the longest continuous civilization in the world and is seeking recognition from UNESCO. This book explores three dimensions of the UNESCO World Heritage initiative with particular relevance for China: the universal agenda, the national practices, and the local responses. With a sociological lens, this book offers comprehensive insights into World Heritage, as well as China’s deep social, cultural, and political structures.
Author: Maywan Shen Krach
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781885008169
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An alphabet-book approach to exploring the beauty and richness of the Chinese culture.
Author: LiAnne Yu
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Gloriously illustrated, thoughtfully researched report on trends in China's emerging "cool" consumer market. bull; Full of valuable insights into market trends and trendsetters to help businesses successfully market and sell to China's emerging consumer classes. bull; This full-colour guide focuses on four key areas of the modern Chinese consumer lifestyle: food, fashion, home life, and mobility. bull; The authors, all from Cheskin, bring a wealth of professional experience to their subject.
