China - A New Cultural History

Informationen zum Autor Cho-yun Hsu is University Professor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh. His research and teaching specializations include ancient Chinese civilizations and comparative civilizations. Timothy Danforth Baker Jr. is assistant professor of history at the National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan, ROC. He earned his M.A. from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from Harvard. Michael S. Duke is professor emeritus of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext An internationally recognized authority on Chinese history and a leading innovator in its telling, Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese culture that resonates with all disciplines. 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.

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• Authors: Hsu, Cho-Yun Hsu, Cho-yun (C/o ECHO Publishing Co. Hsu, Cho-Yun Lagerwey Hsu, Hsu Cho-yun, John Lagerwey, Zhuoyun Xu
• Assisted by: Joseph Y. S. Cheng (Editor), Timothy Baker (Translation), Timothy B. Baker (Translation), Timothy D. Baker (Translation), Timothy B. Baker Jr (Translation), Michael Duke (Translation), Michael S. Duke (Translation), MichaelS. Duke (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2012
• EAN: 9780231159210
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15921-0
• No. of pages: 632
• Series: Masters of Chinese Studies; Masters of Chinese Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; China, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, Asian History