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Heritage of China : contemporary perspectives on Chinese civilization

Paul S. Ropp (Editor, Author), T. H. Barrett (Contributor)
The thirteen essays in this volume, all by experts in the field of Chinese studies, reflect the diversity of approaches scholars follow in the study of China's past. Together they reveal the depth and vitality of Chinese civilization and demonstrate how an understanding of traditional China can enrich and broaden our own contemporary worldview
Print Book, English, 1990
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1990
Aufsatzsammlung
xxi, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780520064409, 9780520064416, 0520064402, 0520064410
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Western perceptions of China from the late sixteenth century to the present / Jonathan Spence
Early civilization in China : reflections on how it became Chinese / David N. Keightley
The evolution of government in China / Jack L. Dull
Sage kings and laws in the Chinese and Greek traditions / Karen Turner
The Confucian tradition in Chinese history / Tu Wei-ming
Religious traditions in Chinese civilization : Buddhism and Taoism / T.H. Barrett
Science and medicine in Chinese history / Nathan Sivin
Women, marriage, and the family in Chinese history / Patricia Ebrey
Chinese economic history in comparative perspective / Albert Feuerwerker
Modern Chinese social history in comparative perspective / William T. Rowe
Chinese art and its impact on the West / Michael Sullivan
Poetry in the Chinese tradition / Stephen Owen
The distinctive art of Chinese fiction / Paul S. Ropp