China's Cultural Heritage: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 - Couverture souple

Smith, Richard J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813313473 ISBN 13 : 9780813313474

Editeur : Westview Press, 1994

Synopsis

Book by Smith Richard J

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Qing Dynasty (1644 1912) a crucial bridge between traditional” and modern” China was a period remarkable for its expansiveness and cultural sophistication. In this extensively revised and expanded edition of his highly regarded book, Richard J. Smith shows how the Chinese of the Qing Dynasty viewed the world; how their outlook was expressed in their institutions, material culture, and customs; and how China's preoccupation with order, unity, and harmony contributed to the remarkable cohesiveness and continuity of traditional Chinese civilization. In addition to offering a new and challenging interpretation of Chinese culture as a whole, he provides a fresh perspective on a wide variety of topics, from gender issues, philosophy, religion, and mythology, to language, aesthetics, and symbolism. He also examines a number of important but too-often neglected aspects of traditional Chinese daily life, including divination, food, music, sexual practices, festivals, child-rearing, and games.Based on the author's careful rethinking of certain themes and arguments presented in the first edition, this revised version of China's Cultural Heritage also draws heavily upon the enormous body of new scholarship on Chinese history and culture that has appeared in the last decade. Although focused primarily on the Qing Dynasty, the book not only sheds valuable light on the distant past but it helps us to understand China's contemporary problems of modernization. A concluding chapter systematically explores the legacy of traditional Chinese culture to the twentieth century.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard J. Smith is professor of history and director of Asian Studies at Rice University.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0813313473
• ISBN 13: 9780813313474
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 400