The human tradition in modern China /
The human tradition in modern China /
edited by Kenneth J. Hammond and Kristin Stapleton.
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
- 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations
- The Human Tradition around the World series .
- Human tradition around the world. .
Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index.
Introduction / Li Shizhen : early modern scientist / Amazon, artist, and adventurer : a courtesan in late imperial China / Zou Boqi on vision and photography in nineteenth-century China / Ho Kai : a Chinese reformer in colonial Hong Kong / Der Ling : Manchu princess, cultural advisor, and author / Li Chenggan : patriot, populist, and factory patriarch / The Beijing University students in the May Fourth era : a collective biography / The reluctant mendicant / Hu Lanqi : rebellious woman, revolutionary soldier, discarded heroine, and triumphant survivor / Zhao Ruiqin : a peasant woman in Gansu and domestic worker in Beijing / Kenneth J. Hammond -- Daria Berg -- Oliver Moore -- John Carroll -- Shuo Wang -- Joshua H. Howard -- Fabio Lanza -- Hugh Shapiro -- Kristin Stapleton -- Yihong Pan.
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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. -- Publisher description.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
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2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9781461644361 (electronic bk.) 1461644364 (electronic bk.) 9780742554658 0742554651 9780742554665 074255466X
Title subscribed to via ProQuest Academic Complete
014538315 Uk
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Royalty.
China--Biography.
China.
China.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
CT1826 .H855 2008
920.051
Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index.
Introduction / Li Shizhen : early modern scientist / Amazon, artist, and adventurer : a courtesan in late imperial China / Zou Boqi on vision and photography in nineteenth-century China / Ho Kai : a Chinese reformer in colonial Hong Kong / Der Ling : Manchu princess, cultural advisor, and author / Li Chenggan : patriot, populist, and factory patriarch / The Beijing University students in the May Fourth era : a collective biography / The reluctant mendicant / Hu Lanqi : rebellious woman, revolutionary soldier, discarded heroine, and triumphant survivor / Zhao Ruiqin : a peasant woman in Gansu and domestic worker in Beijing / Kenneth J. Hammond -- Daria Berg -- Oliver Moore -- John Carroll -- Shuo Wang -- Joshua H. Howard -- Fabio Lanza -- Hugh Shapiro -- Kristin Stapleton -- Yihong Pan.
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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. -- Publisher description.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9781461644361 (electronic bk.) 1461644364 (electronic bk.) 9780742554658 0742554651 9780742554665 074255466X
Title subscribed to via ProQuest Academic Complete
014538315 Uk
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Royalty.
China--Biography.
China.
China.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
CT1826 .H855 2008
920.051