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A Companion to Chinese History (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China's history from the ancient past up until the present day. * Covers the major trends in the study of Chinese history from antiquity to the present day * Considers the latest scholarship of historians working in China and around the world * Explores a variety of long-range questions and themes which serves to bridge the conventional divide between China's traditional and modern eras * Addresses China's connections with other nations and regions and enables non-specialists to make comparisons with their own fields * Features discussion of traditional topics and chronological approaches as well as newer themes such as Chinese history in relation to sexuality, national identity, and the environment

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Autor

Michael Szonyi is Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. He is the author of Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China (2002), Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line (2008; Chinese edition 2016), and the forthcoming Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China: Soldiers and their families in the Ming dynasty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118624548
• Artikelnr.: 47392728