Urban History of China

The first history of Chinese cities from their early origins to becoming the largest urban society in the world.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The emergence of China's imperial urban civilization (antiquity to 220 CE); 3. Expansion of China's imperial urban civilization to the south (220-755); 4. The Tang-Song transition and its effects on China's imperial urban civilization (907-1402); 5. The flowering of Chinese imperial urban civilization (1402-1799); 6. The seeds of urban modernity (1800-1895); 7. Urban modernity in Republican China (1895-1949); 8. The Maoist period (1949-1976); 9. The Reform Era and the present; 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Toby Lincoln is Associate Professor of Chinese Urban History at the University of Leicester.

Summary

For thousands of years China had a vibrant imperial urban civilization, which over the last century has been transformed into the largest urban society in the world. Toby Lincoln offers the first comprehensive history of Chinese cities from their origins to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Toby Lincoln, Toby (University of Leicester) Lincoln, Lincoln Toby
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781316647288
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64728-8
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; China, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Asian History