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Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society
Av Rubie S. Watson, Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Häftad, 1991
419 kr
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Until now our understanding of marriage in China has been based primarily on observations made during the twentieth century. The research of ten eminent scholars presented here provides a new vision of marriage in Chinese history, exploring the complex interplay between marriage and the social, …
Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China
Av James L. Watson, Evelyn S. Rawski
Häftad, 1990
428 kr
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During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional differences at least as great as those prevailing in Europe, enjoyed a remarkable solidarity. What held Chinese society together for so many centuries? Some scholars have pointed to the institutional …
Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China
Inbunden, 1992
899 kr
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Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites from the tenth century to the present. From the perspectives of literature, art, history, religion, …
Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era
Av Deborah Davis, Stevan Harrell
Häftad, 1993
500 kr
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How have the momentous policy shifts that followed the death of Mao Zedong changed families in China? What are the effects of the decollectivization of agriculture, the encouragement of limited private enterprise, and the world's strictest birth-control policy? Eleven sociologists and …
Education and Society in Late Imperial China, 1600-1900
Av Benjamin A. Elman, Alexander Woodside
Inbunden, 1994
1190 kr
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This comprehensive volume integrates the history of late imperial China with the history of education over three centuries, revealing the significance of education in Chinese social, political, and intellectual life. A collaboration between social and intellectual historians, these fifteen essays …
Chinese Historical Microdemography
Inbunden, 1995
693 kr
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Using local studies to answer global questions, this compilation challenges traditional notions concerning historical Chinese population trends. Genealogies, epitaphs, and household registers are some of the local and primary materials used to examine the important issues of fertility, mortality, …
Consumer Revolution in Urban China
Häftad, 2000
457 kr
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After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are surrounded by a level of material comfort and commercial hype unimaginable just ten years ago. In this first in-depth treatment of the consumer revolution in China, fourteen leading scholars of Chinese culture and …
Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China
Häftad, 2001
428 kr
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Nearly seven million Yi people live in Southwest China, but most educated people outside China have never heard of them. This book, the first scholarly study in a Western language on the Yi in four decades, brings this little-known part of the world to life. Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest …
Re-Drawing Boundaries
Work, Households, and Gender in China
Av Barbara Entwisle, Gail E. Henderson
Häftad, 2000
400 kr
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Representing the culmination of more than a decade of empirical research in post-Mao China, this collection of essays explores changes in the nature of work in relation to changes in households, migration patterns, and gender roles during an era of economic reform. The contributors are respected …
Becoming Chinese
Passages to Modernity and Beyond
Av Wen-hsin Yeh
Häftad, 2000
471 kr
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This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of twentieth-century Chinese identity. The contributors, all leading researchers, argue that war, no less than revolution, deserves attention as a major force in the making of twentieth-century Chinese history. Further, …
Ways with Words
Writing about Reading Texts from Early China
Av Pauline Yu, Peter Bol m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
342 kr
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"Ways with Words" presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works - drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history - challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese …
Empire at the Margins
Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China
Av Pamela Kyle Crossley, Helen F. Siu m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
755 kr
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Focusing on the Ming (1368-1644) and (especially) the Qing (1364-1912) eras, this book analyzes crucial moments in the formation of cultural, regional, and religious identities. The contributors examine the role of the state in a variety of environments on China's "peripheries," paying attention to …
Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China
Av Cynthia J. Brokaw, Kai-Wing Chow
Inbunden, 2005
755 kr
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Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneering volume of essays, written by historians, art historians, and literary scholars, introduces the major issues in the social and cultural …
Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance
Av Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin
Häftad, 2018
614 kr
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This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to …
Kinship Organization in Late Imperial China, 1000-1940
Av Patricia Buckley Ebrey, James L. Watson
Häftad, 2018
515 kr
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One of the most important questions facing scholars of China is how Chinese society is held together. It is now well known that China has been marked by great diversity. In the realm of social customs, not only were there broad regional or class differences, but also, at a local level, the people …
Bureaucracy, Politics, and Decision Making in Post-Mao China
Av Kenneth G. Lieberthal, David M. Lampton
Häftad, 2018
515 kr
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Using a model of "fragmented authoritarianism," this volume sharpens our view of the inner workings of the Chinese bureaucracy. The contributors' interviews with politically well-placed bureaucrats and scholars, along with documentary and field research, illuminate the bargaining and maneuvering …
Chinese History in Economic Perspective
Av Thomas G. Rawski, Lillian M. Li
Häftad, 2018
515 kr
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This volume marks a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. It arose from a realization that the economic history of China—as opposed to the history of the Chinese economy—had yet to be written. Most histories of the Chinese economy, whether by Western or Chinese scholars, tend to …
Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979
Häftad, 2018
562 kr
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The essays in this volume constitute an exceptionally broad and inclusive account of Chinese literature and performing arts since 1949. Extending beyond fiction to poetry and drama, and covering song, opera, and film as well, these essays reveal a more lively and varied cultural life than that …
Ordering the World
Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China
Av Robert Hymes, Conrad Schirokauer
Häftad, 2018
447 kr
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The Sung Dynasty (960–1278) was a time of vast changes and new challenges in China. The growth of the urban and rural economics, population increase, the emergence of an educated elite, political and intellectual ferment, and threats from hostile neighbors are some of the forces that shaped the …
Origins of Chinese Civilization
Häftad, 1983
823 kr
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The seventeen contributors to this interdisciplinary volume bring to the study of early China the analytical concerns of archeology, art history, botany, climatology, cultural and physical anthropology, ethnography, epigraphy, linguistics, metallurgy, and political and social history. Readers …
Neo-Confucian Education
The Formative Stage
Av Wm. Theodore de Bary, John W. Chaffee
Häftad, 1989
799 kr
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Neo-Confucian Education: The Formative Stage offers a deep exploration of the early development of Neo-Confucian education and its enduring influence across East Asia. This book reexamines the role of Neo-Confucianism in shaping educational systems in premodern China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, …
Popular Culture in Late Imperial China
Av David Johnson, Andrew J. Nathan m. fl.
Häftad, 1985
632 kr
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Popular Culture in Late Imperial China delves into the vibrant and multifaceted world of non-elite Chinese culture during the late imperial period, spanning roughly from 1550 to 1920. This collection of essays challenges the overemphasis on elite narratives in Chinese historical studies, …
Popular Culture in Late Imperial China
Av David Johnson, Andrew J. Nathan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1985
1190 kr
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Popular Culture in Late Imperial China delves into the vibrant and multifaceted world of non-elite Chinese culture during the late imperial period, spanning roughly from 1550 to 1920. This collection of essays challenges the overemphasis on elite narratives in Chinese historical studies, …
Origins of Chinese Civilization
Inbunden, 1983
931 kr
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The seventeen contributors to this interdisciplinary volume bring to the study of early China the analytical concerns of archeology, art history, botany, climatology, cultural and physical anthropology, ethnography, epigraphy, linguistics, metallurgy, and political and social history. Readers …
Neo-Confucian Education
The Formative Stage
Av Wm. Theodore de Bary, John W. Chaffee
Inbunden, 1989
1270 kr
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Neo-Confucian Education: The Formative Stage offers a deep exploration of the early development of Neo-Confucian education and its enduring influence across East Asia. This book reexamines the role of Neo-Confucianism in shaping educational systems in premodern China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, …
Bureaucracy, Politics, and Decision Making in Post-Mao China
Av Kenneth G. Lieberthal, David M. Lampton
Inbunden, 2024
1583 kr
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Using a model of "fragmented authoritarianism," this volume sharpens our view of the inner workings of the Chinese bureaucracy. The contributors' interviews with politically well-placed bureaucrats and scholars, along with documentary and field research, illuminate the bargaining and maneuvering …
Chinese History in Economic Perspective
Av Thomas G. Rawski, Lillian M. Li
Inbunden, 2024
1583 kr
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This volume marks a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. It arose from a realization that the economic history of China—as opposed to the history of the Chinese economy—had yet to be written. Most histories of the Chinese economy, whether by Western or Chinese scholars, tend to …
Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance
Av Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin
Inbunden, 2024
1537 kr
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This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to …
Kinship Organization in Late Imperial China, 1000-1940
Av Patricia Buckley Ebrey, James L. Watson
Inbunden, 2024
1583 kr
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One of the most important questions facing scholars of China is how Chinese society is held together. It is now well known that China has been marked by great diversity. In the realm of social customs, not only were there broad regional or class differences, but also, at a local level, the people …
Ordering the World
Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China
Av Robert Hymes, Conrad Schirokauer
Inbunden, 2024
1583 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Sung Dynasty (960–1278) was a time of vast changes and new challenges in China. The growth of the urban and rural economics, population increase, the emergence of an educated elite, political and intellectual ferment, and threats from hostile neighbors are some of the forces that shaped the …
