For westerners, China's history is often reduced to a choice
between timeless Confucian ideals or incomprehensible barbarisms
such as footbinding or mass slaughter, fueled by generalizations
such as "China has five thousand years of history," "China was a
Confucian society," "Chinese women were victims," "China is a
communist country," and many more. But China is now too globally
important to allow such oversimplifications to continue
unchallenged, and this engaging and deeply knowledgeable volume
counters them vigorously. In concise and accessible style, the
contributors scrutinize a range of historical misconceptions that
have ramifications for the present and future of China and its
relations with the rest of the world. They consider how
misunderstandings have arisen and present more sophisticated and
nuanced interpretations. Readers will learn how numerous popular
beliefs about China's history are mistaken and what new
interpretations can help build the more accurate understandings of
present-day China that we so badly need. By explicitly addressing
common misconceptions, the book persuades readers to reexamine
their assumptions about China's history-and thus China in
general-and begin to see it as a real rather than largely imagined
place. Contributions by: Elif Akcetin, Bridie Andrews, Tim Barrett,
Felix Boecking, Michael C. Brose, Marjorie Dryburgh, Imre Galambos,
Stanley E. Henning, Christian Hess, Clara Wing-chung Ho, Judd
Kinzley, Fabio Lanza, Peter Lorge, Julia Lovell, Rana Mitter,
Barbara Mittler, Ruth Mostern, Peter C. Perdue, Hai Ren, Andres
Rodriguez, Tansen Sen, Elliot Sperling, Naomi Standen, Wasana
Wongsurawat, and Ling Zhang.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(3)
