Description |
1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
The Human Tradition around the World series |
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Human tradition around the world.
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Contents |
Introduction / Li Shizhen : early modern scientist / Kenneth J. Hammond -- Amazon, artist, and adventurer : a courtesan in late imperial China / Daria Berg -- Zou Boqi on vision and photography in nineteenth-century China / Oliver Moore -- Ho Kai : a Chinese reformer in colonial Hong Kong / John Carroll -- Der Ling : Manchu princess, cultural advisor, and author / Shuo Wang -- Li Chenggan : patriot, populist, and factory patriarch / Joshua H. Howard -- The Beijing University students in the May Fourth era : a collective biography / Fabio Lanza -- The reluctant mendicant / Hugh Shapiro -- Hu Lanqi : rebellious woman, revolutionary soldier, discarded heroine, and triumphant survivor / Kristin Stapleton -- Zhao Ruiqin : a peasant woman in Gansu and domestic worker in Beijing / Yihong Pan |
Summary |
This lively and engaging text offers a panorama of modern Chinese history through compelling biographies of the famous and obscure. Spanning five hundred years, they include a Ming dynasty medical pioneer, a Qing dynasty courtesan, a nineteenth-century Hong Kong business leader, a Manchu princess, an arsenal manager, a woman soldier, and a young maid in contemporary Beijing. Through the lives of these diverse people, readers will gain an understanding of the complex questions of modern Chinese history: What did it mean to be Chinese, and how did that change over time? How was learning encouraged and directed in imperial and post-imperial China? Was it possible to challenge entrenched gender roles? What effects did European imperialism have on Chinese lives? How did ordinary Chinese experience the warfare and political upheaval of twentieth-century China? What is the nature of the gap between urban and rural China in the post-Mao years? These richly researched biographies are written in an accessible and appealing style that will engage all readers interested in modern China. -- Publisher description |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Reference.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Rich & Famous.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Royalty.
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SUBJECT |
China -- Biography
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Subject |
China
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China.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hammond, Kenneth James., editor, author
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Stapleton, Kristin, 1963- editor, author.
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Berg, Daria., author
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Moore, Oliver., author
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Carroll, John M. (John Mark), 1961- author.
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Wang, Shuo., author
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Howard, Joshua H., author.
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Lanza, Fabio., author
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Shapiro, Hugh., author
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Pan, Yihong., author
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ISBN |
9781461644361 |
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1461644364 |
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9780742554658 |
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0742554651 |
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9780742554665 |
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074255466X |
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