Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Reducere. '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 Chines...

Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of import...

Reducere. DescriptionAncient China has a history very rich in culture and traditions. It has gone through leaders and dynasties, and all of these transformed...

Reducere. Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern Ch...

Reducere. Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history ...

Reducere. Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second...

Reducere. Chinese Characteristics (1894) was the most widely read American work on China until Pearl Buck's The Good Earth (1931). It was the first to take u...

This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. I...

Reducere. In this authoritative and accessible book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism w...