Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military, Hardcover by Haizong, Lei; Fleming,... - Picture 1 of 1

The Cambridge China Library: Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military by Haizong Lei (2020, Hardcover)

Great Book Prices Store (365428)

98.2% positive feedback

Price:

$130.41

Free shipping

Estimated delivery Wed, Dec 24 - Mon, Jan 5

Returns:

14 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Brand New

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108479189

ISBN-139781108479189

eBay Product ID (ePID)7038440818

Product Key Features

Number of Pages282 Pages

Publication NameChinese Culture and the Chinese Military

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

SubjectAsia / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorHaizong Lei

Subject AreaHistory

SeriesThe Cambridge China Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2019-047064

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal355.00951

Table Of ContentPreface; Introduction to the English edition by Xin Fan; Part I. Overview: An Assessment of Traditional Culture: 1. China's military; 2. Chinese clans; 3. China's heads of state; 4. A military culture; 5. The two cycles of Chinese culture; Part II. Overview: Resistance against Japan and State-Building; 6. The place in history of the war of resistance against Japanese aggression; 7. State-building: hope for a third cycle of culture; Appendices.

SynopsisThis is the first English translation of Lei Haizong's study of the Chinese army, reappraising Chinese civilisation from a military perspective. Born out of concern for China's military circumstances during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lei traces the development of military culture from the ancient world to the 1930s. Completed during the second year of the war, Lei wrote in direct proximity to harrowing events that were taking place in China, attempting to lay out a more hopeful path which resonated greatly with its readership at the time. Avoiding traditional national narratives and employing a new system of periodisation that uses neither dynastic cycles nor Western ideas, Lei's study emphasises unique features of Chinese history whilst embracing the broader global context. Although today China has risen as a global military power, Lei's work stands as a powerful assessment of Chinese military history from the stance of scholar writing during the Japanese occupation., This is the first English translation of Lei Haizong's iconic study of the Chinese army. First published in 1940 in the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lei examines the rise and fall of ideas about militarism in China in a global context.

LC Classification NumberDS735.L38813 2020