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6%OFFCharles O. Hucker - China to 1850 - 9780804709583 - V9780804709583
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China to 1850

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Description for China to 1850 Paperback. Presents a distillation of what every general reader and beginning student should know about the history of traditional Chinese civilization. This book weaves together all aspects of Chinese life and culture, broadly surveying general history, socioeconomic organization, political institutions, religion and thought, and art and literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.

By the author of the highly acclaimed China's Imperial Past and written in the same lively style, this is a distillation of what every general reader and beginning student should know about the history of traditional Chinese civilization. It weaves together chronologically all aspects of Chinese life and culture, broadly surveying general history, socioeconomic organization, political institutions, religion and thought, and art and literature.

The author explains how the Chinese empire emerged in antiquity, how it flourished and declined in successive cycles for thousands of years, and how in the end it found itself unprepared for both the domestic and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804709583
SKU
V9780804709583
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

Reviews for China to 1850
"Charles Hucker has written a balanced, precise, and concise overview of China's evolution until about 1850."—Asian Forum "A concise overview of Imperial China—a good place to begin . . . recommended."—Focus on Asian Studies "A simplified history of the Chinese and their culture from prehistory to about 1850. The book, which draws heavily from Hucker's China's Imperial Past: An Introduction ... Read more

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