Modern Chinese History
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Author | : David Kenley |
Publisher | : Association for Asian Studies |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2020-07-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780924304903 |
Modern Chinese History provides a concise narrative of Chinese history from the period 1644 to the present. It can easily supplement any history, international studies, cultural studies, or Asian studies course. It can also provide valuable background information necessary to understand contemporary Chinese politics, society, and economics. General readers wanting quickly to understand the collapse of imperial China and the rise of Communism will welcome this eminently readable text.
Author | : Jonathan Fenby |
Publisher | : Ecco |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 2008-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Clear and engaging, this is the definitive history of China, one of the most important political, economic, and cultural players in the modern world. 8-page color photo insert.
Author | : R. Keith Schoppa |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2000-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231500371 |
China, the world's oldest and most populous state, remains an enigma to most people in the West, even at a time when that country is playing an increasingly prominent role on the international stage. At the heart of modern Chinese history have been the efforts of the Chinese people to transform their polity into a modern nation state, the Confucian orthodoxy into an ideology that can help direct that process, and an agrarian economy into an industrial one. These efforts are ongoing and of great importance. This book is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years. This valuable reference contains: a historical narrative providing a comprehensive overview of five core aspects of Chinese history: domestic politics, society, the economy, the world of culture and thought, and relations with the outside world; a compendium of 250 short, descriptive articles on key figures, events, and terms; a resource guide containing approximately 500 annotated entries for the most authoritative sources for further research in English, as well as descriptions of important films depicting modern China and a guide to electronic resources; and appendices, including a chronology, excerpts from key primary source documents, and a wealth of tables and graphs on demographic, social, and economic trends.
Author | : Jonathan D. Spence |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 1054 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393307801 |
In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history.
Author | : David Der-wei Wang |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 1033 |
Release | : 2017-05-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0674967917 |
Featuring over 140 Chinese and non-Chinese contributors, this landmark volume, edited by David Der-wei Wang, explores unconventional forms as well as traditional genres, emphasizes Chinese authors’ influence on foreign writers as well as China’s receptivity to outside literary influences, and offers vibrant contrasting voices and points of view.
Author | : Thomas David DuBois |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2019-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000734684 |
This book explores how fieldwork has been used to research Chinese history in the past and new ways that others might use in it the future. It introduces the previous generations of scholars who ventured out of the archive to conduct local investigations in Chinese cities, villages, farms and temples. It goes on to present the techniques of historical fieldwork, providing guidance on how to integrate oral history into research plans and archival research, conduct interviews, and locate sources in the field. Chapters by established researchers relate these techniques to specific types of fieldwork, including religion, the imperial past, natural environments and agriculture. Combining the past and the future of the craft, the book provides a rich resource for scholars coming new to fieldwork in the history of China.
Author | : Ping Chen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1999-04 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780521645720 |
This book describes the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s.
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.
Author | : R. Keith Schoppa |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 597 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 135121988X |
Unlike other texts on modern Chinese history, which tend to be either encyclopedic or too pedantic, Revolution and Its Past is comprehensive but concise, focused on the most recent scholarship, and written in a style that engages students from beginning to end. The Third Edition uses the theme of identities--of the nation itself and of the Chinese people--to probe the vast changes that have swept over China from late imperial times to the early twenty-first century. In so doing, it explores the range of identities that China has chosen over time and those that outsiders have attributed to China and its people, showing how, as China rapidly modernizes, the issue of Chinese identity in the modern world looms large.
Author | : Zheng Yangwen |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2018-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526126974 |
This book is a timely and solid portrait of modern China from the First Opium War to the Xi Jinping era. Unlike the handful of existing textbooks that only provide narratives, this textbook fashions a new and practical way to study modern China. Written exclusively for university students, A-level or high school teachers and students, it uses primary sources to tell the story of China and introduces them to existing scholarship and academic debate so they can conduct independent research for their essays and dissertations. This book will be required reading for students who embark on the study of Chinese history, politics, economics, diaspora, sociology, literature, cultural, urban and women’s studies. It would be essential reading to journalists, NGO workers, diplomats, government officials, businessmen and travellers.