Demystifying China

New Understandings of Chinese History
Herausgeber: Standen, Naomi

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Produktbeschreibung

For westerners, China's history is often reduced to a choice between timeless Confucian ideals or incomprehensible barbarisms such as footbinding or mass slaughter. This engaging and deeply knowledgeable book vigorously counters such oversimplifications. In concise and accessible style, China experts present cutting-edge research in an accessible format that challenges readers to move beyond the standard portrayals of Chinese history and develop more complex and nuanced understandings of the historical background and legacies that are essential for any realistic comprehension of twenty-first-century China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781442208964
• ISBN-10: 1442208961
• Artikelnr.: 33933889

Autorenporträt

Edited by Naomi Standen

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Rana Mitter Introduction: The Creation of History in China Naomi
Standen Part I: Images of an Ancient and United Nation Chapter 1: The
Chinese Peter C. Perdue Chapter 2: The Great Wall Peter Lorge Chapter 3:
Foreign Conquerors of China Naomi Standen Chapter 4: Confucius: The Key to
Understanding China Tim Barrett Part II: Cultural Traditions Chapter 5: The
"Decline" of Buddhism in China Tansen Sen Chapter 6: Islam in China Michael
Brose Chapter 7: Chinese Medicine Bridie Andrews Chapter 8: Traditional
Chinese and the Environment Ling Zhang Chapter 9: Chinese Martial Arts
Stanley Henning Chapter 10: Women in Chinese History Clara Wing-chung Ho
Part III: Imperial China Chapter 11: China's Age of Seafaring Ruth Mostern
Chapter 12: Civil Service Examinations Elif Akçetin Chapter 13: Xinjiang at
the Center Judd Kinzley Chapter 14: Tibet Elliot Sperling Chapter 15:
Modern China's Borders Andres Rodriguez Chapter 16: The Opium War and
China's "Century of Humiliation" Julia Lovell Part IV: Making Modern China
Chapter 17: Sun Yat-sen Wasana Wongsurawat Chapter 18: Republican China
under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945 Felix Boecking Chapter 19: The Rise
of the Chinese Communist Party Christian Hess Chapter 20: Simplified
Characters Imre Galambos Chapter 21: The One-Child Policy Barbara Mittler
Chapter 22: The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 Marjorie Dryburgh Chapter
23: China's Political System Hai Ren Chapter 24: Tiananmen 1989 Fabio Lanza