Chinese History And Civilisation: An Urban Perspective

Chinese History And Civilisation: An Urban Perspective
Author: Victor F S Sit
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2021-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9811214492

The emergence of the city marks the beginning of a civilisation. The city, especially the leading cities of a country, is also where the major features of a country are contained and where historical events play out. This book introduces readers to the progress of China's civilisation over more than 5000 years of history, through the rise and development of its cities.From the prehistoric Yangshuo and Longshan periods all the way to the People's Republic, this book outlines major events and developments to highlight the evolution of the Chinese civilisation. Using historical dynasties and urban dynamics as vertical dimensions, it examines major historical events, economic developments, territorial changes, and other developments over China's long history. It also discusses the uniqueness of China's history and compares its civilisations to Western experiences.

Chinese History and Civilisation

Chinese History and Civilisation
Author: Fengxuan Xue
Publisher:
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2021
Genre: China
ISBN: 9789811214486

"The emergence of a city marks the beginning of a civilisation. The city, especially the leading cities of a country, is also where the major features of a country are contained and where historical events play out. This book introduces readers to the progress of China's civilisation over more than 5000 years of history, through the rise and development of its cities. From the prehistoric Yangshuo and Longshan periods all the way to the People's Republic, this book outlines major events and developments to highlight the evolution of the Chinese civilisation. Using historical dynasties and urban dynamics as vertical dimensions, it examines major historical events, economic developments, territorial changes, and other developments over China's long history. It also discusses the uniqueness of China's history and compares its civilisations to Western experiences"--

Global History with Chinese Characteristics

Global History with Chinese Characteristics
Author: Manuel Perez-Garcia
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-11-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9811578656

This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble state capacity of Qing China questioning the so-called “High Qing” (shèng qīng 盛清) era’s economic prosperity as the political system was set into a “power paradox” or “supremacy dilemma”. This is a new thesis introduced by the author demonstrating that interventionist states entail weak governance. Macao and Marseille as a new case study aims to compare Mediterranean and South China markets to provide new insights into both modern eras’ rising trade networks, non-official institutions and interventionist impulses of autocratic states such as China’s Qing and Spain’s Bourbon empires.

The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History

The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History
Author: Timothy Cheek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107021413

A vivid account of Chinese intellectuals across the twentieth century that provides a guide to making sense of China today.

Anthropology Of China, The: China As Ethnographic And Theoretical Critique

Anthropology Of China, The: China As Ethnographic And Theoretical Critique
Author: Stephan Feuchtwang
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-07-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1783269855

Putting China into the context of general anthropology offers novel insights into its history, culture and society. Studies in the anthropology of China need to look outwards, to other anthropological areas, while at the same time, anthropologists specialised elsewhere cannot afford to ignore contributions from China. This book introduces a number of key themes and in each case describes how the anthropology and ethnography of China relates to the surrounding theories and issues. The themes chosen include the anthropology of intimacy, of morality, of food and of feasting, as well as the anthropology of civilisation, modernity and the state.The Anthropology of China covers both long historical perspectives and ethnographies of the twenty-first century. For the first time, ethnographic perspectives on China are contextualised in comparison with general anthropological debates. Readers are invited to engage in and rethink China's place within the wider world, making it perfect for professional researchers and teachers of anthropology and Chinese history and society, and for advanced undergraduate and graduate study.

Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization

Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization
Author: Raffaele Pernice
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1040024467

This edited volume reviews important contemporary issues through relevant case studies and research in China and Australia, such as the challenges posed by climate change, the development of eco-urban design, research on sustainable habitats and the relationship between ecology, green architecture and city regeneration, as well as, in general, the future of the city in the new millennium. The authors represent a broad selection of international experts, young scholars and established academics who discuss themes related to urban–rural destruction and economic and spatial regeneration techniques, the sustainable reconversion of natural landscapes and eco-urban design in the context of the current evolution of architectural and urbanism practice. The book aims to explain the conditions in which the contemporary debate about urban regeneration and rural revitalisation has developed in Australia and China, presented by different theoretical and methodological perspectives. It also provides a multifaceted and critical analysis of relevant case studies and urban experiences in Australia and China, focusing on environmental disruption, resized urban interventions and the need for more efficient and sustainable forms of regeneration and urban renewal practice in urban–rural contexts. This book will be an invaluable resource for architects, planners, architectural and urban historians, geographers, and scholars interested in modern Australian and Chinese architecture and urbanism.

China: A History

China: A History
Author: Harold Miles Tanner
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2009-03-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0872209156

A deep and rigorous, yet eminently accessible introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this volume develops a number of important themes -- such as the ethnic diversity of the early empires -- that other editions omit entirely or discuss only minimally. Includes a general introduction, chronology, bibliography, illustrations, maps, and an index.

Social History of China

Social History of China
Author: Deshan Xiong
Publisher: Scpg Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10
Genre: China
ISBN: 9781938368158

The book was written by the past Historian, Professor Xiong Deshan. It explained the origin and development of China civilization from the point of view of economy and society by making full use of archaeology materials and deep analysis of the long and slow development of Chinese society. For the researchers on China history and social history, it could be an important reference.Published by SCPG Publishing Corporation and distributed by World Scientific for all markets except China

Civilisation Recast

Civilisation Recast
Author: Stephan Feuchtwang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108484344

Shows what humanity has borrowed and shared as a common heritage.

China and the Jewish People

China and the Jewish People
Author: Salomon Wald
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789652293473

The Jewish people and world Jewish leadership are facing critical dilemmas, opportunities and challenges. These create a need for systematic thinking to examine the range of decisions that may affect the standing of world Jewry in the decades to come. The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) was established as an independent think tank whose mission is to contribute to the continuity of the Jewish people and Judaism, and their thriving future. China and the Jewish People' is the first document in a series of strategy papers dedicated to improving the standing of the Jewish people in emerging superpowers without biblical tradition.China and Jewish People: Old Civilizations in a New Era by Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald, is a crucial book that addresses the Jewish people and their issues with China.