A Historical Geography Of China

Author : Yi-Fu Tuan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351535380

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A Historical Geography of China by Yi-Fu Tuan Pdf

The Chinese earth is pervasively humanized through long occupation. Signs of man's presence vary from the obvious to the extremely subtle. The building of roads, bridges, dams, and factories, and the consolidation of farm holdings alter the Chinese landscape and these alterations seem all the more conspicuous because they introduce features that are not distinctively Chinese. In contrast, traditional forms and architectural relics escape our attention because they are so identified with the Chinese scene that they appear to be almost outgrowths of nature. Describing the natural order of human beings in the context of the Chinese earth and civilization, "A Historical Geography of China" narrates the evolution of the Chinese landscape from prehistoric times to the present.Tuan views landscape as a visible expression of man's efforts to gain a living and achieve a measure of stability in the constant flux of nature. The book ranges the period of time from Peking man to the epoch of Mao Tse-tung. It moves through the ancient and modern dynasties, the warlords and conquests, earthquakes, devastating floods, climatic reversals, and staggering civil wars to the impact of Western civilization and industrialization. The emphasis throughout is on the effect of a changing environment on succeeding cultures.This classic study attempts to analyze and describe traditional Chinese settlement patterns and architecture. The result is a clear and succinct examination of the development of the Chinese landscape over thousands of years. It describes the ways the Communist regime worked to alter the face of the nation. This work will quickly prove to be crucial reading for all who are interested in this pivotal nation. It goes far beyond the usual political spectrum, into the physical and social roots of Chinese history.

Author : Yannan Ding,Maurizio Marinelli,Xiaohong Zhang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319640426

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China: A Historical Geography of the Urban by Yannan Ding,Maurizio Marinelli,Xiaohong Zhang Pdf

This book offers a unique contribution to the burgeoning field of Chinese historical geography. Urban transformation in China constitutes both a domestic revolution and a world-historical event. Through the exploration of nine urban sites of momentous change, over an extended period of time, this book connects the past with the present, and provides much-needed literature on city growth and how they became complex laboratories of prosperity. The first part of this book puts Chinese urban changes into historical perspective, and probes the relationship between nation and city, focusing on Shanghai, Beijing and Changchun. Part two deals with the relationship between history and modernity, concentrating on Tunxi, a traditional trade center of tea, New Villages in Shanghai and street names in Taipei and Shanghai. Part three showcases the complexities of urban regeneration vis-à-vis heritage preservation in cities such as Datong, Tianjin and Qingdao. This book offers an innovative interdisciplinary and international perspective, which will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese urban studies, as well Chinese politics and society.

Author : Xiaofeng Tang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015060738039

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From Dynastic Geography to Historical Geography by Xiaofeng Tang Pdf

Author : Ronald G. Knapp
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824880040

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China's Island Frontier by Ronald G. Knapp Pdf

Until the seventeenth century, Professor Knapp reminds us, Taiwan lay obscure off the southeast coast of China-an island cloaked in anonymity and inhabited principally by aborigines. Then, rather abruptly, the island was thrust into the maelstrom of European commercial expansion in East Asia, which in its wake drew Chinese peasant pioneers across the straits to Taiwan. This is the story, told from many viewpoints, of how Taiwan was transformed over a period of three centuries from a raw frontier to a stable entity with social and economic patterns similar to those found along the coastal mainland of southeastern China.

Author : Renzhi Hou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783662452721

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Symposium on Chinese Historical Geography by Renzhi Hou Pdf

This book represents the most important academic achievements won by Dr. Renzhi Hou, one of the founding fathers of and pioneering researchers in the modern historical geography of China. His collected papers and speeches, spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, serve as a window into Hou’s academic experience as well as the development of the historical geography of China during the second half of the 20th century. Dr. Hou has made his greatest contributions mainly in two areas, namely, urban historical geography and desert historical geography. Roughly a quarter of this book is devoted to the former, and above all to the study of Beijing’s historical geography and its influence on urban planning. It is worth noting that “From Beijing to Washington—A Contemplation on the Concept of Municipal Planning,” presented here, is the only historical geography-based comparative study of a Chinese city and a Western one by a Chinese scholar. Dr. Hou’s studies on desert historical geography have garnered him a prominent reputation in the natural sciences academia. “Ancient City Ruins in the Deserts of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China,” also included here, can be considered a masterwork. Moreover, many of his original thoughts on some interesting topics can also be found in this book, such as the communication between China and Africa in ancient times, and the rediscovery of the value of geographical classics in the modern context.

Author : Thomas R. Tregear
Publisher : London : University of London Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015003962894

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A Geography of China by Thomas R. Tregear Pdf

Author : Gregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Xiaoping Shen,Youqin Huang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538140819

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China's Geography by Gregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Xiaoping Shen,Youqin Huang Pdf

This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive survey of contemporary China. The authors consider past and current successes and challenges while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming a major global player.

Author : Renzhi Hou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642553219

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An Historical Geography of Peiping by Renzhi Hou Pdf

This book is about the city of Peiping in China, also known as Beijing and Peking, and a city of great historical significance. Divided into three parts, this work explores Peiping first as a frontier city at a time when the Great Wall was established, from the Chou dynasty (ca.1122—220 B.C.) until the T’ang Dynasties up to the Khitan Occupation (A.D. 590—937). The second part explores Peiping as it becomes a national centre, through the Liao Dynasty and the Chin Dynasty, until 1234, and the third part explores how it became the capital of the Chinese empire, until 1911. This work is a historical geography and the introduction details topographical features and geographical relations of the city, describing the way in which the mountains rise from the plain creating concave arms to enclose Peiping, leading to the name, the ‘Bay of Peiping’. We learn that the mountains frequently reach over 3000ft and have practically no foot-hills, whilst the bay itself is filled with sediments of gravel, sand, loam and loess which have been deposited in horizontal strata, to a great depth. Numerous illustrations and figures are included, and readers will see how the city sits between two rivers, the Hun (浑河 or Muddy River) and the Pai (白河 or White River). These chapters reveal how each river has made its contribution to the material development of the city and its environs, including through irrigation and as the Hun River shifted its course. Owing to the geography of the region, almost all roads leading from the northern lands of Mongolia and Manchuria to the great plain of North China in the south are bound to converge at Peiping. The historical consequences of this, as well as local climate conditions and other aspects of geography are explored in this book, which traces the historical rise to eminence of Peiping.

Author : Douglas Howland
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822382034

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Borders of Chinese Civilization by Douglas Howland Pdf

D. R. Howland explores China’s representations of Japan in the changing world of the late nineteenth century and, in so doing, examines the cultural and social borders between the two neighbors. Looking at Chinese accounts of Japan written during the 1870s and 1880s, he undertakes an unprecedented analysis of the main genres the Chinese used to portray Japan—the travel diary, poetry, and the geographical treatise. In his discussion of the practice of “brushtalk,” in which Chinese scholars communicated with the Japanese by exchanging ideographs, Howland further shows how the Chinese viewed the communication of their language and its dominant modes—history and poetry—as the textual and cultural basis of a shared civilization between the two societies. With Japan’s decision in the 1870s to modernize and westernize, China’s relationship with Japan underwent a crucial change—one that resulted in its decisive separation from Chinese civilization and, according to Howland, a destabilization of China’s worldview. His examination of the ways in which Chinese perceptions of Japan altered in the 1880s reveals the crucial choice faced by the Chinese of whether to interact with Japan as “kin,” based on geographical proximity and the existence of common cultural threads, or as a “barbarian,” an alien force molded by European influence. By probing China’s poetic and expository modes of portraying Japan, Borders of Chinese Civilization exposes the changing world of the nineteenth century and China’s comprehension of it. This broadly appealing work will engage scholars in the fields of Asian studies, Chinese literature, history, and geography, as well as those interested in theoretical reflections on travel or modernism.

Author : T.R. Tregear
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351535489

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A Geography of China by T.R. Tregear Pdf

This book is intended primarily for serious students of geography but it will also appeal to the general reader. For this reason technical terms have been used as sparingly as is consistent with correct meaning. Wherever the subject matter permits, the author emphasizes geographical growth and shows the interaction of geographical environment and the human activity and institutions. When originally published in the 1960s China was beginning to change with breathtaking rapidity. These changes are presented here against geographical and historical background. Knowledge of the environmental facts is essential to an appreciation of the political, economic, and social problems that have faced the Chinese people.

Author : Steven Brakman,Charles van Marrewijk,Peter J. Morgan,Nimesh Salike
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351390781

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China in the Local and Global Economy by Steven Brakman,Charles van Marrewijk,Peter J. Morgan,Nimesh Salike Pdf

The history of China dates back thousands of years, with periods of decline followed by periods of growth and innovation. This book puts the last 50 years – China's most recent period of growth – into perspective. It explores the changing national and international connections within China and between China and other parts of the world, and their importance for understanding the past, current, and future developments of the Chinese economy. The book brings together leading international contributors from China, Japan and Europe to consider the historical developments of these connections, the importance of natural and man-made connections for the Chinese economy, the role of institutions and policies for understanding the connections and their sustainability. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers focusing on China, economics, geography or international trade.

Author : David W. S. Wong,Kenneth K. K. Wong,Him Chung,James J. Wang
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781462533732

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China by David W. S. Wong,Kenneth K. K. Wong,Him Chung,James J. Wang Pdf

China has become a superpower, exerting significant influence globally. This accessible text integrates thematic and regional coverage to provide a panoramic view of China--its physical geography; population, including ethnic diversity; urban development; agriculture and land use; transportation networks; dynamic economic processes; and environmental challenges. Cultural and political geography topics are woven throughout the chapters. The text also offers in-depth assessments of selected regions, capturing the complexity of this vast and populous country. It is richly illustrated with more than 150 maps, tables, figures, and photographs--including 8 pages in full color--which are available as PowerPoint slides at the companion website. Pedagogical Features *Chapter-opening learning objectives. *Chapter-opening key concepts and terms. *Extensive notes pointing students to relevant online resources. *Engaging topic boxes in every chapter.

Author : Michael Dunford,Liu Weidong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317614784

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The Geographical Transformation of China by Michael Dunford,Liu Weidong Pdf

The aim of this book is to examine the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China's policy of reform and opening-up in 1978, as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers. Throughout that period, Chinese geographers have studied these environmental, economic, political and cultural processes closely, drawing on sources that are far from easy to access, and have published their results in Chinese. Much of this research has underpinned the Chinese government's assessment of policies and the policy choices at different levels, yet it is not well known outside of China. This volume deals with aspects of the socio-economic geography of China's transformation including its changing relations with the rest of the world, although it also deals with the impact of China's development path on the country's ecological systems. Each chapter deals with aggregate trends and specific cases to show the ways in which the particular characteristics of China's economic and social order (economic organization, political system and cultural model and values) have shaped and are shaped by its geography.

Author : Gregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Christopher J. Smith,Youqin Huang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780742567849

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China's Geography by Gregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Christopher J. Smith,Youqin Huang Pdf

Despite China's obvious and growing importance on the world stage, it is often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey of contemporary China vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition that offers the only sustained geography of the reform era, this book traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors present contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces of past and present. They trace current and future successes and challenges while placing China in its international context as a massive, still-developing nation that must meet the needs of its 1.3 billion citizens while becoming a major regional and global player. Through clear prose and new, dynamic maps and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great differences in economy and culture found throughout China's many regions.

Author : Kenneth Pletcher Senior Editor, Geography and History
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615301423

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The Geography of India by Kenneth Pletcher Senior Editor, Geography and History Pdf

Describes the physical, historical, and cultural geography of India, from its major physical features, world heritage sites, and cities, to sites in the union territories and Kashmir region.