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The Resource China : a new cultural history, Cho-Yun Hsu ; translated by Timothy D. Baker, Jr. and Michael S. Duke

China : a new cultural history, Cho-Yun Hsu ; translated by Timothy D. Baker, Jr. and Michael S. Duke

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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
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
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Publication
Extent
xv, 612 pages
Contents
  • Prehistory: China's earliest cultures according to regional archaeology
  • The emergence of Chinese civilization: The sixteenth through third centuries B.C.E.
  • China comes into its own: The third century B.C.E. to the second century C.E.
  • China in East Asia: the second to tenth centuries C.E.
  • China in an Asian multistate system: The tenth to fifteenth centuries C.E.
  • China enters the world system, part 1: the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries
  • China enters the world system, part 2: the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
  • A century of uncertainty: 1850 to 1950
Isbn
9780231528184
Instance
Label
China : a new cultural history
Title
China
Title remainder
a new cultural history
Statement of responsibility
Cho-Yun Hsu ; translated by Timothy D. Baker, Jr. and Michael S. Duke
Title variation
New cultural history of China
Creator
Contributor
Translator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
Summary
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
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1930-
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Xu, Zhuoyun
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  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Language note
Translated from the Chinese
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Baker, Timothy Danforth
  • Duke, Michael S.
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Masters of Chinese Studies
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  • China
  • China
  • China
  • művelődéstörténet
  • Chine
  • Chine
  • 15.70 history of Europe
  • Civilization
  • International relations
  • Manners and customs
  • China
  • Kultur
  • China
  • Cultuurgeschiedenis
  • China
  • China
  • China
  • China
  • China
Label
China : a new cultural history, Cho-Yun Hsu ; translated by Timothy D. Baker, Jr. and Michael S. Duke
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Prehistory: China's earliest cultures according to regional archaeology -- The emergence of Chinese civilization: The sixteenth through third centuries B.C.E. -- China comes into its own: The third century B.C.E. to the second century C.E. -- China in East Asia: the second to tenth centuries C.E. -- China in an Asian multistate system: The tenth to fifteenth centuries C.E. -- China enters the world system, part 1: the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries -- China enters the world system, part 2: the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries -- A century of uncertainty: 1850 to 1950
Control code
730906510
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xv, 612 pages
Isbn
9780231528184
Lccn
2011024504
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)730906510
Label
China : a new cultural history, Cho-Yun Hsu ; translated by Timothy D. Baker, Jr. and Michael S. Duke
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prehistory: China's earliest cultures according to regional archaeology -- The emergence of Chinese civilization: The sixteenth through third centuries B.C.E. -- China comes into its own: The third century B.C.E. to the second century C.E. -- China in East Asia: the second to tenth centuries C.E. -- China in an Asian multistate system: The tenth to fifteenth centuries C.E. -- China enters the world system, part 1: the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries -- China enters the world system, part 2: the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries -- A century of uncertainty: 1850 to 1950
Control code
730906510
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xv, 612 pages
Isbn
9780231528184
Lccn
2011024504
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)730906510

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