Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 244 p)
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ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781442208957
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9781442208964
Content:
For westerners, China's history is often reduced to a choice between timeless Confucian ideals or incomprehensible barbarisms such as footbinding or mass slaughter. This engaging and deeply knowledgeable book vigorously counters such oversimplifications. In concise and accessible style, China experts present cutting-edge research in an accessible format that challenges readers to move beyond the standard portrayals of Chinese history and develop more complex and nuanced understandings of the historical background and legacies that are essential for any realistic comprehension of twenty-first-c
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Romanization, Names, and Chinese Characters; Introduction: The Creation of History in China; PART I: Images of an Ancient and United Nation; Chapter 1: The Chinese; Chapter 2: The Great Wall; Chapter 3: Foreign Conquerors of China; Chapter 4: Confucius: The Key to Understanding China; PART II: Cultural Traditions; Chapter 5: The "Decline" of Buddhism in China; Chapter 6: Islam in China; Chapter 7: Chinese Medicine; Chapter 8: Traditional Chinese and the Environment; Chapter 9: Chinese Martial Arts; Chapter 10: Women in Chinese History
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PART III: Imperial ChinaChapter 11: China's Age of Seafaring; Chapter 12: Civil Service Examinations; Chapter 13: Modern China's Borders; Chapter 14: Xinjiang at the Center; Chapter 15: Tibet; Chapter 16: The Opium War and China's "Century of Humiliation"; PART IV:Making Modern China; Chapter 17: Sun Yat-sen; Chapter 18: Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945; Chapter 19: The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party; Chapter 20: Simplified Characters; Chapter 21: The One-Child Policy; Chapter 22: The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976; Chapter 23: China's Political System
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Chapter 24: Tiananmen 1989Index; About the Contributors
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Chronology of China's Rulers -- Notes on Romanization, Names, and Chinese Characters -- Introduction: The Creation of History in China / Naomi Standen -- Part I. Images of an Ancient and United Nation -- The Chinese / Peter C. Perdue -- The Great Wall / Peter Lorge -- Foreign Conquerors of China / Naomi Standen -- Confucius : The Key to Understanding China / Tim Barrett -- Part II. Cultural Traditions -- The "Decline" of Buddhism in China / Tansen Sen -- Islam in China / Michael Brose -- Chinese Medicine / Bridie Andrews -- Traditional Chinese and the Environment / Ling Zhang -- Chinese Martial Arts / Stanley Henning -- Women in Chinese History / Clara Wing-chung Ho -- Part III. Imperial China -- China's Age of Seafaring / Ruth Mostern -- Civil Service Examinations / Elif Akcetin -- Xinjiang at the Center / Judd Kinzley -- Tibet / Elliott Sperling -- Modern China's Borders / Andres Rodriguez -- The Opium War and China's "Century of Humiliation" / Julia Lovell -- Part IV. Making Modern China -- Sun Yat-sen / Wasana Wongsurawat -- Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945 / Felix Boecking -- The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party / Christian Hess -- Simplified Characters / Imre Galambos -- The One-Child Policy / Barbara Mittler -- The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 / Marjorie Dryburgh -- China's Political System / Hai Ren -- Tiananmen 1989 / Fabio Lanza.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442208971
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442208964
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Demystifying China : New Understandings of Chinese History
Language:
English
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