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The Human Tradition in Modern China (Paperback)
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The Human Tradition in Modern China (Paperback)
Series: The Human Tradition around the World series
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This lively and engaging text offers a panorama of modern Chinese
history through compelling biographies of the famous and obscure.
Spanning five hundred years, they include a Ming dynasty medical
pioneer, a Qing dynasty courtesan, a nineteenth-century Hong Kong
business leader, a Manchu princess, an arsenal manager, a woman
soldier, and a young maid in contemporary Beijing. Through the
lives of these diverse people, readers will gain an understanding
of the complex questions of modern Chinese history: What did it
mean to be Chinese, and how did that change over time? How was
learning encouraged and directed in imperial and post-imperial
China? Was it possible to challenge entrenched gender roles? What
effects did European imperialism have on Chinese lives? How did
ordinary Chinese experience the warfare and political upheaval of
twentieth-century China? What is the nature of the gap between
urban and rural China in the post-Mao years? These richly
researched biographies are written in an accessible and appealing
style that will engage all readers interested in modern China.
Contributions by: Daria Berg, John M. Carroll, Kenneth J. Hammond,
Joshua H. Howard, Fabio Lanza, Oliver Moore, Pan Yihong, Hugh
Shapiro, Kristin Stapleton, and Shuo Wang
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