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Heritage of China : contemporary perspectives on Chinese civilization / edited by Paul S. Ropp ; contributors, T.H. Barrett ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1990.Description: xxi, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520064402 (alk. paper)
  • 9780520064409 (alk. paper)
  • 0520064410 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520064416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951 20
LOC classification:
  • DS721 .H45 1990
Contents:
Western perceptions of China from the late sixteenth century to the present / Jonathan Spence -- Early civilization in China : reflections on how it became Chinese / David N. Keightley -- The evolution of government in China / Jack L. Dull -- Sage kings and laws in the Chinese and Greek traditions / Karen Turner -- The Confucian tradition in Chinese history / Tu Wei-ming -- Religious traditions in Chinese civilization : Buddhism and Taoism / T.H. Barrett -- Science and medicine in Chinese history / Nathan Sivin -- Women, marriage, and the family in Chinese history / Patricia Ebrey -- Chinese economic history in comparative perspective / Albert Feuerwerker -- Modern Chinese social history in comparative perspective / William T. Rowe -- Chinese art and its impact on the West / Michael Sullivan -- Poetry in the Chinese tradition / Stephen Owen -- The distinctive art of Chinese fiction / Paul S. Ropp.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS721 .H45 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available TBC00005505
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index.

Western perceptions of China from the late sixteenth century to the present / Jonathan Spence -- Early civilization in China : reflections on how it became Chinese / David N. Keightley -- The evolution of government in China / Jack L. Dull -- Sage kings and laws in the Chinese and Greek traditions / Karen Turner -- The Confucian tradition in Chinese history / Tu Wei-ming -- Religious traditions in Chinese civilization : Buddhism and Taoism / T.H. Barrett -- Science and medicine in Chinese history / Nathan Sivin -- Women, marriage, and the family in Chinese history / Patricia Ebrey -- Chinese economic history in comparative perspective / Albert Feuerwerker -- Modern Chinese social history in comparative perspective / William T. Rowe -- Chinese art and its impact on the West / Michael Sullivan -- Poetry in the Chinese tradition / Stephen Owen -- The distinctive art of Chinese fiction / Paul S. Ropp.

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