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Describes the occupations, pleasures, clothes, food, art, and social and civic life of the people in the city of Hangchow.
Author : Jacques Gernet
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804707206
Describes the occupations, pleasures, clothes, food, art, and social and civic life of the people in the city of Hangchow.
Author : Jacques Gernet
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1962
Category : China
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Author : Jacques Gernet
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 15,69 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Jacques Gernet
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Sarah Schneewind
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1624669344
A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an engaging introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty; the character of the first emperor; the role of omens in court politics; how the central and local governments were structured, including the civil service examination system; the power of local elite families; the roles of women; filial piety; and the concept of ling or efficacy in Chinese religion.
Author : Jacques Gernet
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231114110
Translated and revised by respected scholar of Chinese religions Franciscus Verellen, who has worked closely with Gernet, this edition includes new references, an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, and a comprehensive index.
Author : Mark Elvin
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,95 MB
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804708760
A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and with a documentary record covering three millennia, is still far from possible. The present work is only an attempt to disengage the major themes that seem to be of relevance to our understanding of China today. In particular, this volume studies three questions. Why did the Chinese Empire stay together when the Roman Empire, and every other empire of antiquity of the middle ages, ultimately collapsed? What were the causes of the medieval revolution which made the Chinese economy after about 1100 the most advanced in the world? And why did China after about 1350 fail to maintain her earlier pace of technological advance while still, in many respects, advancing economically? The three sections of the book deal with these problems in turn but the division of a subject matter is to some extent only one of convenience. These topics are so interrelated that, in the last analysis, none of them can be considered in isolation from the others.
Author : Di Wang
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804747783
A study of the lively street culture in Chengdu from 1870 to 1930, this book explores the relationship between urban commoners and public space, the role of community and neighborhood in public life, and how the reform movement and Republican revolution transformed everyday life in this inland city.
Author : Timothy Brook
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 33,33 MB
Release : 1998-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 052092407X
The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status. The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue durée in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.
Author : Fuchsia Dunlop
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0393248984
"Not just a smart memoir about cross-cultural eating but one of the most engaging books of any kind I've read in years." —Celia Barbour, O, The Oprah Magazine After fifteen years spent exploring China and its food, Fuchsia Dunlop finds herself in an English kitchen, deciding whether to eat a caterpillar she has accidentally cooked in some home-grown vegetables. How can something she has eaten readily in China seem grotesque in England? The question lingers over this “autobiographical food-and-travel classic” (Publishers Weekly).