Chinese History: A New Manual: 84 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) - Softcover

Wilkinson, Endymion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674067150 ISBN 13: 9780674067158

Verlag: Harvard University, Asia Center, 2013

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Book by Wilkinson Endymion

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Críticas

[An] unparalleled collection of Chinese facts and analysis, reaching from the earliest recorded times to the late twentieth century It comprises fourteen supremely learned book-length parts in seventy-six chapters, including entries on language, people, geography, and the environment, on ideas and beliefs, and on technology and science What is most fascinating for me and, I suppose, older China hands, is Wilkinson s passion for minutiae [A] mighty book Magnificent.--Jonathan Mirsky"New York Review of Books blog" (12/10/2013)" [A] thoroughly revised and updated edition of eminent Chinese history expert Dr. Endymion Wilkinson s classic text An important reference text for anyone wanting to understand how China became what it is today and where it might be headed.--William Yeoman"West Australian" (02/19/2013)" The recent publication of Wilkinson s "Chinese History: A New Manual" was and remains a major event [It] is in many ways an entirely new organism that is quite different from its predecessors. It incorporates a million new words of text and substantially new material The book is, in every way, absolutely indispensable to work in Chinese history.--Carla Nappi"New Books in East Asian Studies" (03/08/2013)"

Reseña del editor

Endymion Wilkinson's bestselling manual of Chinese history has long been an indispensable guide to all those interested in the civilization and history of China. In this latest edition, now in a bigger format, its scope has been dramatically enlarged by the addition of one million words of new text. Twelve years in the making, the new manual introduces students to different types of transmitted, excavated, and artifactual sources from prehistory to the twentieth century. It also examines the context in which the sources were produced, preserved, and received, the problems of research and interpretation associated with them, and the best, most up-to-date secondary works. Because the writing of history has always played a central role in Chinese politics and culture, special attention is devoted to the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese historiography. The new manual comprises fourteen book-length parts subdivided into a total of seventy-six chapters: Books 1--9 cover Language; People; Geography and the Environment; Governing and Educating; Ideas and Beliefs, Literature, and the Fine Arts; Agriculture, Food, and Drink; Technology and Science; Trade; and Historiography. Books 10--13 present primary and secondary sources chronologically by period. Book 14 is on historical bibliography. Electronic resources are covered throughout.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harvard University, Asia Center
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0674067150
• ISBN 13: 9780674067158
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1100