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The Story Of China - A Portrait Of A Civilisation And Its People (Paperback) Loot Price: R421
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The Story Of China - A Portrait Of A Civilisation And Its People (Paperback): Michael Wood

The Story Of China - A Portrait Of A Civilisation And Its People (Paperback)

Michael Wood

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China is the oldest living civilisation on earth, but its history is still surprisingly little known in the wider world. Michael Wood's sparkling narrative, which mingles the grand sweep with local and personal stories, woven together with the author’s own travel journals, is an enthralling account of China’s 4000-year-old tradition, taking in life stationed on the Great Wall or inside the Forbidden City. The story is enriched with the latest archaeological and documentary discoveries; correspondence and court cases going back to the Qin and Han dynasties; family letters from soldiers in the real-life Terracotta Army; stories from Silk Road merchants and Buddhist travellers, along with memoirs and diaries of emperors, poets and peasants.

In the modern era, the book is full of new insights, with the electrifying manifestos of the feminist revolutionaries Qiu Jin and He Zhen, extraordinary eye-witness accounts of the Japanese invasion, the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution under Chairman Mao, and fascinating newly published sources for the great turning points in China’s modern history, including the Tiananmen Square crisis of 1989, and the new order of President Xi Jinping.

A compelling portrait of a single civilisation over an immense period of time, the book is full of intimate detail and colourful voices, taking us from the desolate Mongolian steppes to the ultra-modern world of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. It also asks what were the forces that have kept China together for so long? Why was China overtaken by the west after the 18th century? What lies behind China’s extraordinary rise today? The Story of China tells a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity and deep humanity; a portrait of a country that will be of the greatest importance to the world in the twenty-first century.

General

Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2020
Authors: Michael Wood
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-7599-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
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Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN: 1-4711-7599-5
Barcode: 9781471175992

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