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The Cambridge History of China is one of the most farreaching works of international scholarship ever undertaken exploring the main developments in political social economic and intellectual life from the Chin empire to the present day The contributors are specialists from the international community of sinological scholars Many of the accounts break new ground all are based on fresh research The works are written not only with students and scholars but also with the general reader in mind No knowledge of Chinese is assumed though for readers of Chinese proper and other names are identified with their characters in the index Numerous maps and tables illustrate the text Volume 3 covers the second great period of unified imperial power 589906 when China established herself as the centre of a wider cultural sphere embracing Japan Korea and Vietnam It was an era in which there was a great deal of rapid social and economic change and in which literature and the arts reached new heights of attainment
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This volume of The Cambridge History of China considers the political military social and economic developments of the Ching empire to 1800 The period begins with the end of the resurgent Ming dynasty covered in Volumes 7 and 8 and ends with the beginning of the collapse of the imperial system in the nineteenth century described in Volume 10 Ten chapters elucidate the complexities of the dynamic interactions between emperors and their servitors Manchus and nonManchu populations various elite groups competing regional interests merchant networks and agricultural producers and rural and urban interests and at work among all these tensions between old and new China under the Ching dynasty changed and this volume presents these changes underway in the period prior to the advent of Western imperialist military power
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This first of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty 9601279 and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279 Its twelve chapters survey the personalities and events that marked the rise consolidation and demise of the Sung polity during an era of profound social economic and intellectual ferment The authors place particular emphasis on the emergence of a politically conscious literati class during the Sung characterized by the increasing importance of the examination system early in the dynasty and on the rise of the taohsueh NeoConfucian movement toward the end In addition they highlight the destabilizing influence of factionalism and ministerial despotism on Sung political culture and the impact of the powerful steppe empires of the Khitan Liao Tangut Hsi Hsia Jurchen Chin and Mongol Yüan on the shape and tempo of Sung dynastic events
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Volume 15 of The Cambridge History of China is the second of two volumes dealing with the Peoples Republic of China since its birth in 1949 The harbingers of the Cultural Revolution were analyzed in Volume 14 Volume 15 traces a course of events still only partially understood by most Chinese It begins by analyzing the development of Maos thought since the Communist seizure of power in an effort to understand why he launched the movement The contributors grapple with the conflict of evidence between what was said favorably about the Cultural Revolution at the time and the often diametrically opposed retrospective accounts Volume 15 together with Volume 14 provide the most comprehensive and clearest account of how revolutionary China has developed in response to the upheavals initiated by Mao and Teng Hsiaoping
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This is the first of the two final volumes of The Cambridge History of China which describe the efforts of the Peoples Republic of China to grapple with the problems of adaptation to modern times Volume 14 deals with the achievements of the economic and human disasters of the new regimes first sixteen years 194965 Part I chronicles the attempt to adapt the Soviet model of development to China and Part II covers the subsequent efforts of Chinas leaders to find native solutions that would provide more rapid and appropriate answers to Chinas problems Each of the two parts of the volume analyzes the key issues and developments in the spheres of politics economics culture education and foreign relations The contributors all leading scholars of the period show the interrelation of Chinese actions in all these spheres and the describe how gradually events led to the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Tsetung in 1966
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This is the first of the two final volumes of The Cambridge History of China which describe the efforts of the Peoples Republic of China to grapple with the problems of adaptation to modern times Volume 14 deals with the achievements of the economic and human disasters of the new regimes first sixteen years 194965 Part I chronicles the attempt to adapt the Soviet model of development to China and Part II covers the subsequent efforts of Chinas leaders to find native solutions that would provide more rapid and appropriate answers to Chinas problems Each of the two parts of the volume analyzes the key issues and developments in the spheres of politics economics culture education and foreign relations The contributors all leading scholars of the period show the interrelation of Chinese actions in all these spheres and the describe how gradually events led to the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Tsetung in 1966
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This first of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty 9601279 and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279 Its twelve chapters survey the personalities and events that marked the rise consolidation and demise of the Sung polity during an era of profound social economic and intellectual ferment The authors place particular emphasis on the emergence of a politically conscious literati class during the Sung characterized by the increasing importance of the examination system early in the dynasty and on the rise of the taohsueh NeoConfucian movement toward the end In addition they highlight the destabilizing influence of factionalism and ministerial despotism on Sung political culture and the impact of the powerful steppe empires of the Khitan Liao Tangut Hsi Hsia Jurchen Chin and Mongol Yüan on the shape and tempo of Sung dynastic events
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This is the second of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the gradual decline of the Ching empire in China the first was volume 10 Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late nineteenth century and the profound stirring during that period which led to Chinas great twentiethcentury revolution The contributors focus on commercial and technological growth foreign relations the stimulation of Chinese intellectual life by the outside world and military triumphs and disasters They show that the effects of the accelerating changes were to fragment the old ruling class and the ancient monarchy finally bringing the Chinese people face to face with the challenges of the new century For readers with Chinese proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary and full references to Chinese Japanese and other works are given in the bibliographies
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This is the first of two volumes of this authoritative Cambridge history which review the Republican period between the demise of imperial China and the establishment of the Peoples Republic These years from 1912 to 1949 were marked by civil war revolution and invasion but also by change and growth in the economic social intellectual and cultural spheres The chapters examine economic trends in the period and the rise of the new middle class Intellectual trends are surveyed to show the changes in traditional Chinese values and the foreign influences which played a major role in Republican China Although it is written by specialists the goals and approach of this Cambridge history are to explain and discuss republican China for an audience which will include scholars students and general readers who do not have special knowledge of Chinese history It will be useful both as narrative history and as a reference source on the history and politics of China
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The Cambridge History of China is one of the most farreaching works of international scholarship ever undertaken exploring the main developments in political social economic and intellectual life from the Chin empire to the present day The contributors are specialists from the international community of sinological scholars Many of the accounts break new ground all are based on fresh research The works are written not only with students and scholars but also with the general reader in mind No knowledge of Chinese is assumed though for readers of Chinese proper and other names are identified with their characters in the index Numerous maps and tables illustrate the text Volume 3 covers the second great period of unified imperial power 589906 when China established herself as the centre of a wider cultural sphere embracing Japan Korea and Vietnam It was an era in which there was a great deal of rapid social and economic change and in which literature and the arts reached new heights of attainment
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This volume deals with four nonChinese regimes the Khitan dynasty of Liao the Tangut state of Hsi Hsia the Jurchen empire of Chin and the Mongolian Yuan dynasty that eventually engulfed the whole of China It investigates the historical background from which these regimes emerged and shows how each in its own way set up viable institutions for the control of a multiracial multilingual and multicultural population It discusses these problems not just as a long negative episode in Chinas history but shows the ingenuity and adaptability of these states and their success in achieving political and social stability The volume presents the fullest chronological account of the period in which political institutional social and economic changes are integrated as far as possible and sees the period against a broad background of international relations in Northern and Central Asia
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This is the second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty which together provide a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279 With contributions from leading historians in the field Volume 5 Part Two paints a complex portrait of a dynasty beset by problems and contradictions but one which despite its military and geopolitical weakness was nevertheless economically powerful culturally brilliant socially fluid and the most populous of any empire in global history to that point In this much anticipated addition to the series the authors survey key themes across ten chapters including government economy society religion and thought to provide an authoritative and topical treatment of a profound and significant period in Chinese history
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This is the second of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the gradual decline of the Ching empire in China the first was volume 10 Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late nineteenth century and the profound stirring during that period which led to Chinas great twentiethcentury revolution The contributors focus on commercial and technological growth foreign relations the stimulation of Chinese intellectual life by the outside world and military triumphs and disasters They show that the effects of the accelerating changes were to fragment the old ruling class and the ancient monarchy finally bringing the Chinese people face to face with the challenges of the new century For readers with Chinese proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary and full references to Chinese Japanese and other works are given in the bibliographies
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This is the first of two volumes of this authoritative Cambridge history which review the Republican period between the demise of imperial China and the establishment of the Peoples Republic These years from 1912 to 1949 were marked by civil war revolution and invasion but also by change and growth in the economic social intellectual and cultural spheres The chapters examine economic trends in the period and the rise of the new middle class Intellectual trends are surveyed to show the changes in traditional Chinese values and the foreign influences which played a major role in Republican China Although it is written by specialists the goals and approach of this Cambridge history are to explain and discuss republican China for an audience which will include scholars students and general readers who do not have special knowledge of Chinese history It will be useful both as narrative history and as a reference source on the history and politics of China
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More populous than any other country on earth China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture In this sumptuously illustrated singlevolume history now in its second edition noted historian Patricia Buckley Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present She follows its development from the rise of Confucianism Buddhism and the great imperial dynasties to the Mongol Manchu and Western intrusions and the modern communist state Her scope is phenomenal embracing Chinese arts culture economics society and its treatment of women foreign policy emigration and politics including the key uprisings of 1919 and 1989 in Tiananmen Square Both a comprehensive introduction to an extraordinary civilization and an expert exploration of the continuities and disjunctures of Chinese history Professor Ebreys book has become an indispensable guide to China past and present This second edition includes a new chapter on Chinas recent opening to the world and a fully revised guide to further reading
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The Six Dynasties Period 220589 CE is one of the most complex in Chinese history Written by leading scholars from across the globe the essays in this volume cover nearly every aspect of the period including politics foreign relations warfare agriculture gender art philosophy material culture local society and music While acknowledging the eras political chaos these essays indicate that this was a transformative period when Chinese culture was significantly changed and enriched by foreign peoples and ideas It was also a time when history and literature became recognized as independent subjects and religion was transformed by the domestication of Buddhism and the formation of organized Daoism Many of the trends that shaped the rest of imperial Chinas history have their origins in this era such as the commercial vibrancy of southern China the separation of history and literature from classical studies and the growing importance of women in politics and religion
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This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period the golden age of the Japanese imperial court in any Western language From 794 to 1185 the Japanese emperor ruled over an elaborate government modeled on Chinas Native Japanese elements blended with Chinese influences in religion and the courtly arts The worlds first novel was completed about 1020 In 1185 the elegant and peaceful world of the court was shattered by the struggle of the Taira and Minamoto warrior clans who usurped real political power
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