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A History of Chinese Civilization by Jacques Gernet (1996, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

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When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521497817
ISBN-13
9780521497817
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211653

Product Key Features

Author
Jacques Gernet
Original Language
French
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Asia / General, Asia / China
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Genre
History
Number of Pages
832 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
38 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ds721 .G3913 1996
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
‘… the English version will serve readers in an English-speaking world with a text-book of unchallenged value. The translation is smooth and stylish.’Modern Asian Studies, 'â€¦ the English version will serve readers in an English-speaking world with a text-book of unchallenged value. The translation is smooth and stylish.' Modern Asian Studies, 'Gernet has accomplished with skill and vision one of scholarship¿s most daunting tasks, the writing of a one-volume history of China.¿ The Times Higher Education Supplement, "...an excellent book which should be of interest to both professional and general readers who study or enjoy the history of China." Asian Thought & Society, '... the English version will serve readers in an English-speaking world with a text-book of unchallenged value. The translation is smooth and stylish.' Modern Asian Studies, "This is the most detailed and comprehensive one-volume survey of China's social, economic, and intellectual history....This should be in the reference collection of every serious library." Library Journal, ‘Gernet has accomplished with skill and vision one of scholarship’s most daunting tasks, the writing of a one-volume history of China.’The Times Higher Education Supplement, 'Gernet has accomplished with skill and vision one of scholarship's most daunting tasks, the writing of a one-volume history of China.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
Publication Name
History of Chinese Civilization
Table of Content
List of plates; List of maps; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Translator's preface; Introduction; Part I. From the Archaic Monarchy to the Centralized State: 1. The archaic monarchy; 2. The age of the principalities; 3. The formation of the centralized state; 4. The heritage of antiquity; Part II. Rise, evolution, and decline of the first centralized state: 5. The conquering empire; 6. Causes and consequences of the expansion; 7. The rise of the gentry and the crisis in political institutions; 8. The civilization of the Han age; Part III. The Middle Ages: 9. Barbarians and aristocrats; 10. Medieval civilization; Part IV. From the Middle Ages to Modern Times: 11. The aristocratic empire; 12. The transition to the Mandarin empire; 13. From the opening-up to the world to the return to the sources of the classical tradition; Part V. The Chinese 'Renaissance': 14. The new world; 15. The civilization of the Chinese 'renaissance'; Part VI. From the Sinicized Empires to the Mongol Occupation: 16. The sinicized empires; 17. The Mongol invasion and occupation; Part VII. The Reign of the Autocrats and Eunuchs: 18. Reconstruction and expansion; 19. Political, social, and economic changes; 20. The beginnings of modern China and the crisis of the end of the Ming dynasty; 21. Intellectual life in the Ming age; Part VIII. Authoritarian Paternalism: 22. The conquest and the foundation of the Manchu regime; 23. The enlightened despots; 24. Intellectual life from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century; Part IX. From Decline to Takeover: 25. The great recession; 26. The social explosion and its consequences; 27. The failure of modernization and the advance of foreign intrusion; 28. Intellectual currents in the nineteenth century; Part X. China Crucified: 29. The disintegration of the traditional economy and society; 30. Political developments in the first half of the twentieth century; 31. Philosophical and literary developments; Part XI. A New Chapter in Chinese History: The People's Republic of China; Chronological tables; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright Date
1996
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
95-006047
Dewey Decimal
951
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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