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A history of Chinese civilization / Jacques Gernet ; translated by J.R. Foster.

By: Language: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.Description: xxiii, 772 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521241308
  • 9780521241304
  • 0521316472
  • 9780521316477
Uniform titles:
  • Monde chinois. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951 19
LOC classification:
  • DS721 .G3913 1982
Other classification:
  • 15.75
  • NK 3400
  • 15.79
  • 18.90
  • 951
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. From the archaic monarchy to the centralized state. The archaic monarchy ; The age of principalities ; The formation of the centralized state ; The heritage of antiquity -- pt. 2. Rise, evolution, and decline of the first centralized state. The conquering empire ; Causes and consequences of the expansion ; The rise of the gentry and the crisis in political institutions ; The civilization of the Han age -- pt. 3. The middle ages. Barbarians and aristocrats ; Medieval civilization -- pt. 4. From the middle ages to modern times. The aristocratic empire ; The transition to the Mandarin empire ; From the opening-up to the world to the return to the sources of the classical tradition -- pt. 5. The Chinese "Renaissance." The new world ; The civilization of the Chinese "Renaissance" -- pt. 6. From the Sinicized empires to the Mongol occupation. The Sinicized empires ; The Mongol invasion and occupation -- pt. 7. The reign of the autocrats and eunuchs. Reconstruction and expansion ; Political, social, and economic changes ; The beginnings of modern China and the crisis of the end of the Ming dynasty ; Intellectual life in the Ming age -- pt. 8. Authoritarian paternalism. The conquest and the foundation of the Manchu regime ; The enlightened despots ; Intellectual life from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century -- pt. 9. From decline to takeover. The great recession ; The social explosion and its consequences ; The failure of modernization and the advance of foreign intrusion ; Intellectual currents in the nineteenth century -- pt. 10. China crucified. The disintegration of the traditional economy and society ; Political developments in the first half of the twentieth century ; Philosophical and literary developments -- pt. 11. A new chapter in Chinese history: the People's Republic of China.
Review: Written with an elegant and flowing narrative, the essential virtue of Jacques Gernet's classic book is to see the history of Chinese civilization as a whole. Yet within the synthesis of the trends - social, political, religious, scientific, artistic that make up China's past and present, the author never loses sight of the telling detail which brings history to life. A History of Chinese Civilization is illustrated with a wide range of photographs, many maps, line drawings and tables. A detailed chronological table and full bibliography complement the text.
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Translation of: Le monde chinois.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 736-757) and index.

pt. 1. From the archaic monarchy to the centralized state. The archaic monarchy ; The age of principalities ; The formation of the centralized state ; The heritage of antiquity -- pt. 2. Rise, evolution, and decline of the first centralized state. The conquering empire ; Causes and consequences of the expansion ; The rise of the gentry and the crisis in political institutions ; The civilization of the Han age -- pt. 3. The middle ages. Barbarians and aristocrats ; Medieval civilization -- pt. 4. From the middle ages to modern times. The aristocratic empire ; The transition to the Mandarin empire ; From the opening-up to the world to the return to the sources of the classical tradition -- pt. 5. The Chinese "Renaissance." The new world ; The civilization of the Chinese "Renaissance" -- pt. 6. From the Sinicized empires to the Mongol occupation. The Sinicized empires ; The Mongol invasion and occupation -- pt. 7. The reign of the autocrats and eunuchs. Reconstruction and expansion ; Political, social, and economic changes ; The beginnings of modern China and the crisis of the end of the Ming dynasty ; Intellectual life in the Ming age -- pt. 8. Authoritarian paternalism. The conquest and the foundation of the Manchu regime ; The enlightened despots ; Intellectual life from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century -- pt. 9. From decline to takeover. The great recession ; The social explosion and its consequences ; The failure of modernization and the advance of foreign intrusion ; Intellectual currents in the nineteenth century -- pt. 10. China crucified. The disintegration of the traditional economy and society ; Political developments in the first half of the twentieth century ; Philosophical and literary developments -- pt. 11. A new chapter in Chinese history: the People's Republic of China.

Written with an elegant and flowing narrative, the essential virtue of Jacques Gernet's classic book is to see the history of Chinese civilization as a whole. Yet within the synthesis of the trends - social, political, religious, scientific, artistic that make up China's past and present, the author never loses sight of the telling detail which brings history to life. A History of Chinese Civilization is illustrated with a wide range of photographs, many maps, line drawings and tables. A detailed chronological table and full bibliography complement the text.

Translation of: Le monde chinois.

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