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The Human Tradition in Modern China
The Human Tradition around the World series
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36,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 14.12.2007 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781461644361 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 216 |
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<span><span>This lively and engaging text offers a panorama of modern Chinese history through compelling biographies of the famous and obscure. Spanning five hundred years, they include a Ming dynasty medical pioneer, a Qing dynasty courtesan, a nineteenth-century Hong Kong business leader, a Manchu princess, an arsenal manager, a woman soldier, and a young maid in contemporary Beijing. Through the lives of these diverse people, readers will gain an understanding of the complex questions of modern Chinese history: What did it mean to be Chinese, and how did that change over time? How was learning encouraged and directed in imperial and post-imperial China? Was it possible to challenge entrenched gender roles? What effects did European imperialism have on Chinese lives? How did ordinary Chinese experience the warfare and political upheaval of twentieth-century China? What is the nature of the gap between urban and rural China in the post-Mao years? These richly researched biographies are written in an accessible and appealing style that will engage all readers interested in modern China.</span></span>
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<span><span>Contributions by</span><span>: Daria Berg, John M. Carroll, Kenneth J. Hammond, Joshua H. Howard, Fabio Lanza, Oliver Moore, Pan Yihong, Hugh Shapiro, Kristin Stapleton, and Shuo Wang</span></span>
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<span><span>Contributions by</span><span>: Daria Berg, John M. Carroll, Kenneth J. Hammond, Joshua H. Howard, Fabio Lanza, Oliver Moore, Pan Yihong, Hugh Shapiro, Kristin Stapleton, and Shuo Wang</span></span>
<span><span>Through compelling biographies of a wide range of historical figures, this engaging text presents a panorama of modern Chinese history that illustrates the great social and political changes that have occurred over the past 500 years. Through the lives of both the famous and the obscure, the contributors explore such enduring themes of the flexibility of the definition of "Chinese" in an era of imperialism and revolution, the tremendous transformations in gender relations, and the wide gap between the lives of urban and rural Chinese. Richly researched, these biographies are written in an accessible and appealing style that will engage all readers interested in modern China.</span></span>
<span><span>Introduction<br>Chapter 1: Li Shizhen: Early Modern Scientist <br>Chapter 2: Amazon, Artist, and Adventurer: A Courtesan in Late Imperial China<br>Chapter 3: Zou Boqi on Vision and Photography in Nineteenth-Century China<br>Chapter 4: Ho Kai: A Chinese Reformer in Colonial Hong Kong<br>Chapter 5: Der Ling: Manchu Princess, Cultural Advisor, and Author<br>Chapter 6: Li Chenggan: Patriot, Populist, and Factory Patriarch<br>Chapter 7: The Beijing University Students in the May Fourth Era: A Collective Biography<br>Chapter 8: The Reluctant Mendicant<br>Chapter 9: Hu Lanqi: Rebellious Woman, Revolutionary Soldier, Discarded Heroine, Triumphant Survivor<br>Chapter 10: Zhao Ruiqin: A Peasant Woman in Gansu and Domestic Worker in Beijing</span></span>
<b>Kenneth J. Hammond</b> is associate professor of history at New Mexico State University.
<b>Kristin Stapleton</b> is associate professor of history and director of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Buffalo.
<b>Kristin Stapleton</b> is associate professor of history and director of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Buffalo.
<span><span>Emphasizes gender, economic, cultural, and political history</span></span>
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