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Informationen zum Autor Naomi Standen is professor of medieval history at the University of Birmingham. Klappentext For westerners, China's history is often reduced to a choice between timeless Confucian ideals or incomprehensible barbarisms such as footbinding or mass slaughter. This engaging and deeply knowledgeable book vigorously counters such oversimplifications. In concise and accessible style, China experts present cutting-edge research in an accessible format that challenges readers to move beyond the standard portrayals of Chinese history and develop more complex and nuanced understandings of the historical background and legacies that are essential for any realistic comprehension of twenty-first-century China. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceRana MitterIntroduction: The Creation of History in ChinaNaomi StandenPart I: Images of an Ancient and United NationChapter 1: The ChinesePeter C. PerdueChapter 2: The Great WallPeter LorgeChapter 3: Foreign Conquerors of ChinaNaomi StandenChapter 4: Confucius: The Key to Understanding ChinaTim BarrettPart II: Cultural TraditionsChapter 5: The "Decline" of Buddhism in ChinaTansen SenChapter 6: Islam in ChinaMichael BroseChapter 7: Chinese MedicineBridie AndrewsChapter 8: Traditional Chinese and the EnvironmentLing ZhangChapter 9: Chinese Martial ArtsStanley HenningChapter 10: Women in Chinese HistoryClara Wing-chung HoPart III: Imperial ChinaChapter 11: China's Age of SeafaringRuth MosternChapter 12: Civil Service ExaminationsElif Akçetin Chapter 13: Xinjiang at the CenterJudd KinzleyChapter 14: TibetElliot SperlingChapter 15: Modern China's BordersAndres RodriguezChapter 16: The Opium War and China's "Century of Humiliation"Julia LovellPart IV: Making Modern ChinaChapter 17: Sun Yat-senWasana WongsurawatChapter 18: Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945Felix BoeckingChapter 19: The Rise of the Chinese Communist PartyChristian HessChapter 20: Simplified CharactersImre GalambosChapter 21: The One-Child PolicyBarbara MittlerChapter 22: The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976Marjorie DryburghChapter 23: China's Political SystemHai RenChapter 24: Tiananmen 1989Fabio Lanza...
