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Demystifying China: new understandings of Chinese history

Notes on Romanization, Names, and Chinese Characters -- Introduction: The Creation of History in China / Naomi Standen -- Part I. Images of an Ancient and United Nation -- The Chinese / Peter C. Perdue -- The Great Wall / Peter Lorge -- Foreign Conquerors of China / Naomi Standen -- Confucius : The...

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Other Authors: Standen, Naomi (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: Lanham [u.a.] Rowman & Littlefield 2013
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China > History
China > History > Errors, inventions, etc
China > Civilization
China > Politics and government
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Author Notes:edited by Naomi Standen
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on Romanization, Names, and Chinese CharactersIntroduction: The Creation of History in China / Naomi Standen
  • Part I. Images of an Ancient and United Nation
  • The Chinese / Peter C. Perdue
  • The Great Wall / Peter Lorge
  • Foreign Conquerors of China / Naomi Standen
  • Confucius : The Key to Understanding China / Tim Barrett
  • Part II. Cultural Traditions
  • The "Decline" of Buddhism in China / Tansen Sen
  • Islam in China / Michael Brose
  • Chinese Medicine / Bridie Andrews
  • Traditional Chinese and the Environment / Ling Zhang
  • Chinese Martial Arts / Stanley E. Henning
  • Women in Chinese History / Clara Wing-chung Ho
  • Part III. Imperial China
  • China's Age of Seafaring / Ruth Mostern
  • Civil Service Examinations / Elif Akcetin
  • Modern China's Borders / Andres Rodriguez
  • Xinjiang at the Center / Judd Kinzley
  • Tibet / Elliott Sperling
  • The Opium War and China's "Century of Humiliation" / Julia Lovell
  • Part IV. Making Modern China
  • Sun Yat-sen / Wasana Wongsurawat
  • Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945 / Felix Boecking
  • The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party / Christian Hess
  • Simplified Characters / Imre Galambos
  • The One-Child Policy / Barbara Mittler
  • The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 / Marjorie Dryburgh
  • China's Political System / Hai Ren
  • Tiananmen 1989 / Fabio Lanza.
  • Chronology of China's Rulers ; Notes on Romanization, Names, and Chinese Characters ; Introduction: The Creation of History in China Naomi Standen
  • Part I. Images of an Ancient and United Nation ; The Chinese Peter C. Perdue
  • The Great Wall Peter Lorge
  • Foreign Conquerors of China Naomi Standen
  • Confucius : The Key to Understanding China Tim Barrett
  • Part II. Cultural Traditions ; The "Decline" of Buddhism in China Tansen Sen
  • Islam in China Michael Brose
  • Chinese Medicine Bridie Andrews
  • Traditional Chinese and the Environment Ling Zhang
  • Chinese Martial Arts Stanley Henning
  • Women in Chinese History Clara Wing-chung Ho
  • Part III. Imperial China ; China's Age of Seafaring Ruth Mostern
  • Civil Service Examinations Elif Akcetin
  • Xinjiang at the Center Judd Kinzley
  • Tibet Elliott Sperling
  • Modern China's Borders Andres Rodriguez
  • The Opium War and China's "Century of Humiliation" Julia Lovell
  • Part IV. Making Modern China ; Sun Yat-sen Wasana Wongsurawat
  • Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945 Felix Boecking
  • The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party Christian Hess
  • Simplified Characters Imre Galambos
  • The One-Child Policy Barbara Mittler
  • The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 Marjorie Dryburgh
  • China's Political System Hai Ren
  • Tiananmen 1989 Fabio Lanza.

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