China — Details & Specifications

Title Statements

Full title :China : understanding its past / Eileen Tamura, Linda K. Menton, Noren W. Lush, Francis K.C. Tsui ; with Warren Cohen.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1997

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Curriculum Research & Development Group, University of Hawaii and University of Hawaii Press
Place of Publication:Honolulu, Hawaii
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1997

The Physical Object

Description:x, 262 pages : : illustrations, color maps ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0824819233, 9780824819231, 0824819969, 9780824819965, 0824819853, 9780824819859
oclc:ocn222231583
LC Classification:DS721
Dewey Decimal:951

Chinese Names -- Romanization and Pronunciation of Chinese Words -- Ch. 1. The Family, State, and Society in Imperial China, 600 B.C.E. to A.D. 1900. 1. Daughters. 2. Sons. 3. Parents and Children. 4. Foundations of Chinese Thinking. 5. China and the Outside World -- Ch. 2. Civilizations in Collision: China in Transition, 1750-1920. 1. The Celestial Empire and the Outside World, 1750-1793. 2. China, Britain, and Opium, 1839-1842. 3. Foreign Encroachment in China, 1842-1911. 4. Domestic Strife, 1850-1873. 5. Reform and Revolution, 1890-1920 -- Ch. 3. Transforming Society: Chinese Communism, from 1920. 1. Chaos, Confusion, and Civil War, 1920-1949. 2. Winning Hearts and Minds. 3. "Dare to Act": Restructuring Society and the Economy, from 1949. 4. Marriage, Women, and the Family. 5. China and Other Countries, from 1949.

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