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Columbia University Press 2012 Hardcover Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
ISBN10: 023115920X, ISBN13: 9780231159203, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. [Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
New York Columbia University Press 2012 Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 632 p. Contains: Unspecified, Maps. Masters of Chinese Studies.
ISBN10: 023115920X, ISBN13: 9780231159203, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Über den AutorCho-yun Hsu is University Professor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has authored or coauthored a nu. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2012]
ISBN10: 023115920X, ISBN13: 9780231159203, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Über den AutorCho-yun Hsu is University Professor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has authored or coauthored a nu. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2012]
ISBN10: 023115920X, ISBN13: 9780231159203, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. An internationally recognized authority on Chinese history and a leading innovator in its telling, Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese culture. Unlike most historians, Hsu resists centering his narrative on China's political evolution, focusing instead on the country's cultural sphere and its encounters with successive waves of globalization. Beginning long before China's written history and extending through the twentieth century, Hsu follows the content and expansion of Chinese culture, describing the daily lives of commoners, their spiritual beliefs and practices, the changing character of their social and popular thought, and their advances in material culture and technology. In addition to listing the achievements of emperors, generals, ministers, and sages, Hsu builds detailed accounts of these events and their everyday implications. Dynastic change, the rise and fall of national ambitions, and the growth and decline of institutional systems take on new significance through Hsu's careful research, which captures the multiple strands that gave rise to China's pluralistic society. Paying particular attention to influential relationships occurring outside of Chinese cultural boundaries, he demonstrates the impact of foreign influences on Chinese culture and identity and identifies similarities between China&apo ...
ISBN10: 023115920X, ISBN13: 9780231159203, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Translator(s): Baker, Timothy D., Jr.; Duke, Michael S. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 632 pages, Halftones: 62, BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2012. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
ISBN10: 023115920X, ISBN13: 9780231159203, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Translator(s): Baker, Timothy D., Jr.; Duke, Michael S. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 632 pages, Halftones: 62, BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2012. Hardcover. . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2012]
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