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China

Author : The Editorial Committee of Chinese Civilization: A Source Book, City University of Hong Kong
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789629371401

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China by The Editorial Committee of Chinese Civilization: A Source Book, City University of Hong Kong Pdf

Written with precision and flair by a host of leading academics from Beijing and Hong Kong, this single volume is a welcome addition to the study of world civilizations, a broad yet detailed chronological sweep through time. Every aspect of Chinese civilization is explained, interpreted, contextualized and brought to life with well-balanced commentary and photographic documentation. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press. 香港城市大學出版社出版。

This is China

Author : Haiwang Yuan
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781933782768

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This is China by Haiwang Yuan Pdf

This Is China contains, in brief, everything we need to know about 5,000 years of history, 30 years of "opening," and a future that promises to shape the 21st century for all of us. Drawn from the vast resources of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, this concise 120-page book is recommended for classroom use, curriculum development, and student review.

China, 5000 Years

Author : Sherman E. Lee,Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : UOM:39076001892608

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China Condensed

Author : Siew Chey Ong
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9812610677

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5000 Years of Chinese Costumes

Author : 周汛,Chunming Gao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN : IND:39000006082924

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5000 Years of Chinese Costumes by 周汛,Chunming Gao Pdf

Intensively researched and lavishly illustrated, this book provides a comprehensive history of Chinese clothing design. "This beautifully designed and printed volume is one of the best".--The New York Times.

Five Thousand Years of Chinese Nation

Author : Yantu Zhang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : China
ISBN : 7119046365

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Five Thousand Years of Chinese Nation by Yantu Zhang Pdf

This book is a magic wand that helps you understand Chinese history with ease, as well as a window providing a convenient view on China. It tells nearly 100 well-know stories from remote antiquity to the Revolution of 1911 in time sequence and takes key historical events and figures as the main line. We have strived to present the social changes, wars and battles, and culture and art in a series of accurate, vivid and concise stories. The book is a historical documentary with varied extraordinary splendor rather than a heavy, dull academic work.

From Yao to Mao

Author : Teaching Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : China
ISBN : 1565858697

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From Yao to Mao by Teaching Company Pdf

A thirty-six lecture course that explores the history and culture of China.

When China Rules the World

Author : Martin Jacques
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101151457

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When China Rules the World by Martin Jacques Pdf

Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese power Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western. Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, When China Rules the World has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China. Now, in this greatly expanded and fully updated edition, boasting nearly 300 pages of new material, and backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China’s ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, changing the world as we know it. First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim - and controversy - When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order has sold a quarter of a million copies, been translated into eleven languages, nominated for two major literary awards, and is the subject of an immensely popular TED talk.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of China

Author : Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 052166991X

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The Cambridge Illustrated History of China by Patricia Buckley Ebrey Pdf

A look at the over eight thousand year history and civilization of China.

A Brief History of China

Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462921010

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A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered--until now. China's modern resurgence as the world's largest nation in terms of population and its second-largest economy--where 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the space of a few decades--is the greatest untold story of the 21st century. A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich and complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements and other products were produced and exported around the globe. It examines the special conditions that allowed a single culture to unify an entire continent spanning 10 billion square kilometers under the rule of a single man--and the unbelievably rich artistic, literary and architectural heritage that Chinese culture has bequeathed to the world. Equally fascinating is the story of China's decline in the 19th and early 20th century--as Europeans and Americans took center stage--and its modern resurgence as an economic powerhouse in recent years. In his retelling of a Chinese history stretching back 5,000 years, author and China-expert Jonathan Clements focuses on the human stories which led to the powerful transformations in Chinese society--from the unification of China under its first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi, and the writings of the great Chinese philosophers Confucius and Laozi, to the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan and the consolidation of Communist rule under Mao Zedong. Clements even brings readers through to the present day, outlining China's economic renaissance under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping. What really separates this book from its counterparts is the focus on women, and modern themes such as diversity and climate change. Chinese history is typically told through the stories of its most famous men, but Clements' telling gives women equal time and research--which introduces readers of this book to equally important, but less commonly-known facts and historical figures. Often seen in the West in black or white terms--as either a savage dystopia or a fantastical paradise--China is revealed in the book as an exceptional yet troubled nation that nevertheless warrants its self-description as the Middle Kingdom.

The Invention of China

Author : Bill Hayton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300234824

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"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism" (Foreign Policy), this provocative account shows that "China"--and its 5,000 years of unified history--is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political agenda that persists to this day China's current leadership lays claim to a 5,000-year-old civilization, but "China" as a unified country and people, Bill Hayton argues, was created far more recently by a small group of intellectuals. In this compelling account, Hayton shows how China's present-day geopolitical problems--the fates of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and the South China Sea--were born in the struggle to create a modern nation-state. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, reformers and revolutionaries adopted foreign ideas to "invent' a new vision of China. By asserting a particular, politicized version of the past the government bolstered its claim to a vast territory stretching from the Pacific to Central Asia. Ranging across history, nationhood, language, and territory, Hayton shows how the Republic's reworking of its past not only helped it to justify its right to rule a century ago--but continues to motivate and direct policy today.

Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History Volume I

Author : Lin Handa,Cao Yuzhang
Publisher : Shanghai Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1602201129

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Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History Volume I by Lin Handa,Cao Yuzhang Pdf

With readable and enternatining stories from China's past, this book is a unique addition to the field of Chinese history. Open these pages to discover the great figures of Chinese history: Du Yu, the tamer of floods; Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor of China; Confucius, the great philosopher; Sima Qian, the great historian; and the unforgettable villain, Cao Cao. Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History covers the history of China in an anecdotal fashion that makes each event come alive. Entertaining and informative, this ambitious narrative will enlighten all those who wish to know more about the chronicles of the Middle Kingdom.

China: A History

Author : John Keay
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007372089

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China: A History by John Keay Pdf

Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.

South of the Yangtze

Author : Bill Porter
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781619027343

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South of the Yangtze by Bill Porter Pdf

Chinese civilization first developed 5,000 years ago in North China along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. And the Yellow River remained the center of Chinese civilization for the next 4,000 years. Then a thousand years ago, this changed. A thousand years ago, the center of Chinese civilization moved to the Yangtze. And the Yangtze, not the Yellow River, has remained the center of its civilization. A thousand years ago, the Chinese came up with a name for this new center of its civilization. They called it Chiangnan, meaning "South of the River," the river in question, of course, being the Yangtze. The Chinese still call this region Chiangnan. Nowadays it includes the northern parts of Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces and the southern parts of Anhui and Kiangsu. And some would even add the northern part of Hunan. But it's not just a region on the map. It's a region in the Chinese spirit. It's hard to put it into words. Ask a dozen Chinese what "Chiangnan" means, and they'll give you a dozen different answers. For some the word conjures forests of pine and bamboo. For others, they envision hillsides of tea, or terraces of rice, or lakes of lotuses and fish. Or they might imagine Zen monasteries, or Taoist temples, or artfully–constructed gardens, or mist–shrouded peaks. Oddly enough, no one ever mentions the region's cities, which include some of the largest in the world. Somehow, whatever else it might mean to people, Chiangnan means a landscape, a landscape and a culture defined by mist, a landscape and a culture that lacks the harder edges of the arid North. In the Fall of 1991, Bill Porter decided to travel through this vaporous land, following the old post roads that still connected its administrative centers and scenic wonders, its most famous hometowns and graves, its factories and breweries, its dreamlike memories and its mist, and he was joined on this journey by his poet and photographer friends, Finn Wilcox and Steve Johnson. South of the Yangtze is a record in words and black and white images of their trip.