The Study Of Modern China

Author : Jean-Louis Laurent Rocca
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190231200

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A Sociology of Modern China by Jean-Louis Laurent Rocca Pdf

Jean-Louis Rocca's admirably concise A Sociology of Modern China wears its scholarship lightly and paints an intimate and complex portrait of Chinese society, all the while avoiding clichés and simplifications. He delves into China's history and examines the country's many different social strata so as to better understand the enormous challenges and opportunities with which its people are confronted. After discussing the long march toward reform and the crises along the way - among them the 1989 protests which culminated in the events in Tiananmen Square and elsewhere - Rocca dedicates the second half of the book to the major questions facing the country (or, at the very least, its political elites) today: new forms of social stratification; the interaction between the market and the state; growing individualism; and the pressures exerted by social conflict and political change. In eschewing culturalist visions, Rocca thoroughly and successfully deconstructs received wisdom about Chinese society to reveal a thriving nation and its people.

Author : Rana Mitter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191578793

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Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter Pdf

China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Xin Zhang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521642892

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Social Transformation in Modern China by Xin Zhang Pdf

In this book, Xin Zhang sheds light on the sources of China's modernization.

Author : Yunshan Ye
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838912096

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The ALA Guide to Researching Modern China by Yunshan Ye Pdf

As China has evolved into an economic superpower, interest in its culture and current place in the world has skyrocketed; China Studies are now taught in almost every college or university in the U.S., as well as in many junior high and high schools. Covering modern China, not just Chinese culture from an historical perspective, this important new book fills a sizeable gap in the literature. Originating as a Carnegie Whitney Award-winning book project, Ye’s research guide goes beyond a mere list of print resources to reflect the predominant role of digital resources in the changing landscape of scholarly research, teaching critical information literacy concepts and skills in the field of China Studies by Sketching in basic facts and figures of Chinese history and culture from antiquity to the present Detailing key English- and Chinese-language resources in literature, government, statistics, art, film, history, philosophy, religion, economics, law, politics, and more Offering strategies for finding research sources like articles and dissertations, as well as primary sources such as government documents and archives Including guidance on how to acquire print and electronic resources in Chinese This richly detailed, up-to-date work will guide researchers at all levels to the most important resources in the field of Modern China Studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004268784

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Science and Technology in Modern China, 1880s-1940s by Anonim Pdf

Science and Technology in Modern China, 1880s-1940s looks at the transnational routes for the development of science and technology in the first pivotal decades of modern China.

Author : Dongfeng Tao,Lei He,Yugao He
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811055805

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Cultural Studies in Modern China by Dongfeng Tao,Lei He,Yugao He Pdf

As the first book to introduce and analyze cultural studies in contemporary China, this volume is an important resource for Western scholars wishing to understand the rise and development of cultural studies in China. Organized according to subject, it includes extensive material examining the relationships between culture and politics, as well as culture and institutions in contemporary China. Further, it discusses the development of cultural debates.

Author : Eberhard Sandschneider
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0312222599

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The Study of Modern China by Eberhard Sandschneider Pdf

"The present volume has been conceptualized and written in honour of one of those scholars who has spent the greater part of his academic life trying to understand political developments in China - both in the PRC and in Taiwan. Jurgen Domes was among the first political scientists who tried to apply the analytical instruments of their discipline to Chinese politics, and ever since the early 1960s he has continuously been offering analytical views on China which have found an attentive international audience." "Fourteen internationally renowned scholars of Chinese Studies have contributed to this volume. They offer reflections on Chinese politics which touch the diverse questions in which Domes has always been interested."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Weiping Wu,Mark Frazier
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1639 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526455598

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The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China by Weiping Wu,Mark Frazier Pdf

Contemporary China is dynamic and complex. Recent dramatic changes in the Chinese economy, society, and environment pose numerous challenges for scholars of China. This Handbook will define contemporary China Studies for the social sciences: investigating how we can best study China; exploring the transformations of contemporary China that inform how we study China; presenting the breadth and depth of the China Studies field; and identify future directions for China Studies. In two volumes, the Handbook situates China Studies in history and context. Each chapter in Part One provides an overview and historiography of how scholars have conceptualized the Chinese state, nation, economy and environment, and analyzes trends in terms of different research approaches, types of sources, and trends in the study of these broad concepts. The next five parts cover substantive themes in China Studies, including economic transformations; politics and government; China as a global actor; urbanization and urban development; and Chinese society. In conclusion, the Handbook draws together critical discussions of emerging issues of transdisciplinary approaches to China Studies, the future of Chinese historical Studies, and the future of China in comparative contexts.

Author : Kai-wing Chow
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804733687

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Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China by Kai-wing Chow Pdf

This path-breaking book argues that printing—both with woodblocks and with movable type—exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Author : Frank Dikotter
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622093041

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The Discourse of Race in Modern China by Frank Dikotter Pdf

This book is a study of a topic that is both extremely important and highly sensitive: how the Chinese have viewed other ethnic groups across time. The issue of racial differences constitutes a highly marked and oblique discourse in modern China. This is the first book to analyse that shielded rhetoric directly.

Author : Zeng Yeying
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351269384

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Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History I by Zeng Yeying Pdf

The study of modern Chinese history has developed rapidly in recent decades and has seen increased exploration of new topics and innovative approaches. Resulting from a special issue of Modern Chinese History Studies, this volume is devoted to showcasing the healthy development of Chinese modern history studies, and has already been revised twice in the original language. This volume exhibits major achievements on the study of modern Chinese history and shows how the role of history was in debate, transformation and re-evaluation throughout this tortuous yet prosperous period. Articles on eight different topics are collected from 11 prominent historians in order to represent their insights on the developmental paths of Chinese historical studies. Drawing on a large number of case studies of critical historical events, such as the founding of the Communist Party of China and the May 4th Movement, this volume reflects on economic history and military history, while moving on to explore more pioneering topics such as intellectual history and cultural history. This book will be a valuable reference for scholars and students of Chinese history.

Author : Hsiao-ting Lin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136923937

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Modern China's Ethnic Frontiers by Hsiao-ting Lin Pdf

The purpose of this book is to examine the strategies and practices of the Han Chinese Nationalists vis-à-vis post-Qing China’s ethnic minorities, as well as to explore the role they played in the formation of contemporary China’s Central Asian frontier territoriality and border security. The Chinese Revolution of 1911, initiated by Sun Yat-sen, liberated the Han Chinese from the rule of the Manchus and ended the Qing dynastic order that had existed for centuries. With the collapse of the Qing dynasty, the Mongols and the Tibetans, who had been dominated by the Manchus, took advantage of the revolution and declared their independence. Under the leadership of Yuan Shikai, the new Chinese Republican government in Peking in turn proclaimed the similar "five-nationality Republic" proposed by the Revolutionaries as a model with which to sustain the deteriorating Qing territorial order. The shifting politics of the multi-ethnic state during the regime transition and the role those politics played in defining the identity of the modern Chinese state were issues that would haunt the new Chinese Republic from its inception to its downfall. Modern China's Ethnic Frontiers will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese history, Asian history and modern history.

Author : Wen-Hsin Yeh,Eddy U,Robert Joseph Culp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : China
ISBN : 155729173X

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Knowledge Acts in Modern China by Wen-Hsin Yeh,Eddy U,Robert Joseph Culp Pdf

Author : Jan Kiely,J. Brooks Jessup
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231541107

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Recovering Buddhism in Modern China by Jan Kiely,J. Brooks Jessup Pdf

Modern Chinese history told from a Buddhist perspective restores the vibrant, creative role of religion in postimperial China. It shows how urban Buddhist elites jockeyed for cultural dominance in the early Republican era, how Buddhist intellectuals reckoned with science, and how Buddhist media contributed to modern print cultures. It recognizes the political importance of sacred Buddhist relics and the complex processes through which Buddhists both participated in and experienced religious suppression under Communist rule. Today, urban and rural communities alike engage with Buddhist practices to renegotiate class, gender, and kinship relations in post-Mao China. This volume vividly portrays these events and more, recasting Buddhism as a critical factor in China's twentieth-century development. Each chapter connects a moment in Buddhist history to a significant theme in Chinese history, creating new narratives of Buddhism's involvement in the emergence of urban modernity, the practice of international diplomacy, the mobilization for total war, and other transformations of state, society, and culture. Working across an extraordinary thematic range, this book reincorporates Buddhism into the formative processes and distinctive character of Chinese history.

Author : Sih-Gung Cheng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : China
ISBN : 065990022X

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Modern China, a Political Study by Sih-Gung Cheng Pdf