The human tradition in modern China /:

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, a...

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Main Authors: Hammond, Kenneth James (Author, Editor), Stapleton, Kristin, 1963- (Author, Editor), Berg, Daria (Author), Moore, Oliver (Author), Carroll, John M. (John Mark), 1961- (Author), Wang, Shuo (Author), Howard, Joshua H. (Author), Lanza, Fabio (Author), Shapiro, Hugh (Author), Pan, Yihong (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
Series:Human tradition around the world.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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. -- Publisher description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index.
ISBN:9781461644361
1461644364
9780742554658
0742554651
9780742554665
074255466X

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