Author: Li Feng
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-11-14
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1107652340
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chinese society and culture are all to be found in this formative period of Chinese civilization. Li Feng's new critical interpretation draws on the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries from the past thirty years. This fluent and engaging overview of early Chinese civilization explores key topics including the origins of the written language, the rise of the state, the Shang and Zhou religions, bureaucracy, law and governance, the evolving nature of war, the creation of empire, the changing image of art, and the philosophical search for social order. Beautifully illustrated with a wide range of new images, this book is essential reading for all those wanting to know more about the foundations of Chinese history and civilization.
Author: Daniel Dingxiong Ding
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2020-09-23
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1527559890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces Chinese technical communication from its beginnings, investigating how it began and the major factors that shaped its practice. It also looks at the major philosophical and historical traditions in Chinese technical communication, and how historical and philosophical threads play out in contemporary Chinese technical communication practice. In considering such issues, the book gives attention to some of the major classical Chinese texts, but treats them as artefacts of technical communication. It explores the roots of Chinese technical communication, reviews traditional philosophy that has shaped such practice, discusses the key links in the history of Chinese technical communication, and recounts historical roots and contemporary practice side by side. It provides the reader with compelling perspectives on the historical roots of Chinese technical communication.
Author: Gu Ban
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780231037655
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D.Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures.
Author: Mu-chou Poo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-06-21
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1107021170
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book employs textual and archaeological material to reconstruct the various features of daily life in ancient China.
Author: John France
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2015-10-15
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1783270578
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Highlights the range and richness of scholarship on medieval warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that characterize the field. History 95 (2010)
Author: Tonio Andrade
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-08-29
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 0691178143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A first look at gunpowder's revolutionary impact on China's role in global history The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839–42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind? Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, as Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s—much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars, having enjoyed nearly a century of relative peace, since 1760. Indeed, he demonstrates that China—like Europe—was a powerful military innovator, particularly during times of great warfare, such as the violent century starting after the Opium War, when the Chinese once again quickly modernized their forces. Today, China is simply returning to its old position as one of the world's great military powers. By showing that China’s military dynamism was deeper, longer lasting, and more quickly recovered than previously understood, The Gunpowder Age challenges long-standing explanations of the so-called Great Divergence between the West and Asia.
Author: Avery Elizabeth Hurt
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2016-07-15
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1477788905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →China is a massive country, but its surrounding mountains, two seas, and hazardous deserts kept it fairly secluded. In fact, early Chinese referred to it the Middle Kingdom, or the center of the world. China's major geographical features shaped so many aspects of life in ancient China, including how the various civilizations developed, their social organization, and the food they grew and raised. This illuminating resource reveals how the different ancient Chinese dynasties worked with and made the most of their harsh conditions.
Author: Gu Ban
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780231083546
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D.Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures.
Author: John S. Major
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780765615992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Focus: A year in the Springs and Autumns