This title examines Chinese dress in it's entirety, from court and formal costumes through to the working attire of the lower classes and the latest fashions of the New China. The author tells the story of Chinese dress in all its variations - from the elaborate and formal to th…
This title examines Chinese dress in it's entirety, from court and formal costumes through to the working attire of the lower classes and the latest fashions of the New China. The author tells the story of Chinese dress in all its variations - from the elaborate and formal to th…
"In this learned, yet readable, book, Joseph McDermott introduces the history of the book in China in the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800. He assumes little knowledge of Chinese history or culture and compares the Chinese experience with books with that of other civilizat…
The history of the book in China from 1000 to 1800. The author compares the Chinese experience with books with that of other civilizations, particularly the European.
The history of the book in China from 1000 to 1800. The author compares the Chinese experience with books with that of other civilizations, particularly the European.
The history of the book in China from 1000 to 1800. The author compares the Chinese experience with books with that of other civilizations, particularly the European.
Contributors include: K. Biggerstaff, H. Dubs, J.K. Fairbank, Fang Chao-ying, L.C.Goodrich, Hu Shih, T.Numata, E. Swisher, Teng Ssu-yu, C.M. Wilbur, H. Wilhelm. Hummel's biographical dictionary remains the single indispensable reference tool for Chinese history since 1644. It wa…
The historical pattern of land use in China has been described as a process of clearance of forest for conversion to agriculture. There is evidence though that forests were protected, maintained, or intensively managed in some places, often for periods of several centuries.
The historical pattern of land use in China has been described as a process of clearance of forest for conversion to agriculture. There is evidence though that forests were protected, maintained, or intensively managed in some places, often for periods of several centuries. Thi…
The historical pattern of land use in China has been described as a process of clearance of forest for conversion to agriculture. There is evidence though that forests were protected, maintained, or intensively managed in some places, often for periods of several centuries. Thi…
Chinese poetry has a long history of interaction with the visual arts. Classical aesthetic thought held that painting, calligraphy, and poetry were cross-fertilizing and mutually enriching. What happened when the Chinese poetic tradition encountered photography, a transformative…
"A study of the complex interactions between poetry and photography during the late Qing and Republican eras, at the moment when photography becomes widespread in Chinese cultural life. A relationship between image and text was forged through inscription or writing on photograph…