{"product_id":"the-history-of-chinese-civilisation-4-volume-set-multiple-component-retail-product-9781107013094","title":"The History of Chinese Civilisation 4 Volume Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781107013094","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History of Chinese Civilisation 4 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive, illustrated history of Chinese civilisation from Neolithic times to 1911 by the foremost Chinese scholars of their generation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eXingpei Yuan (Edited by), Wenming Yan (Edited by), Chuanxi Zhang (Edited by), Yulie Lou (Edited by), David R. Knechtges (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107013094, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 26 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e2000 pages, 200 b\/w illus.  128 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.7 x 18.2 x 18.4 cm, 5.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'These volumes are an immense gift to China specialists and to the general reader anxious to learn something of China's history.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten by scholars at Peking University, this is a history of Chinese civilisation in its totality, from Neolithic times to the founding of the Chinese Republic in 1911. Each of the four volumes covers political and social institutions, economics, religion, philosophy, science and technology, literature, art and daily life. There is no other work in the English language that covers this range of subjects in a single history. These volumes make accessible a wealth of historical research and sources that have not previously been translated, and provide insights into the views of the foremost Chinese scholars of their generation. These views are placed in context by newly commissioned introductions to each volume, and discussion throughout is supported by illustrations sourced from collections around the world. This ambitious and inspiring work will stimulate fresh debate across the humanities and social sciences, opening new avenues of academic exchange between East and West.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume I. Earliest Times – 221 BCE: Preface\u003cbr\u003e General introduction\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The dawn of Chinese civilization\u003cbr\u003e 2. The beginnings of Chinese civilization\u003cbr\u003e 3. The flourishing of civilization in the Shang and Zhou\u003cbr\u003e 4. Brilliant bronze culture\u003cbr\u003e 5. The application and production of bronze\u003cbr\u003e 6. Capitals, cities and commerce of the Shang and Zhou\u003cbr\u003e 7. The origins and early development of Chinese script\u003cbr\u003e 8. Religion and belief in the Shang and Zhou periods\u003cbr\u003e 9. The development of education and the flourishing of scholarship\u003cbr\u003e 10. The birth of Chinese literature and art. Volume II. Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties: Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Creation and development of a multiethnic centralized state\u003cbr\u003e 2. The establishment and transformation of bureaucratic government\u003cbr\u003e 3. Growth of the feudal economy\u003cbr\u003e 4. The position and evolution of Ruist learning\u003cbr\u003e 5. Abtruse learning in the Wei and Jin dynasties\u003cbr\u003e 6. The introduction of Buddhism and the appearance of Daoism\u003cbr\u003e 7. The foundation and development of historiography and geography\u003cbr\u003e 8. Literature of the Qin, Han, Wei and Northern and Southern dynasties\u003cbr\u003e 9. The full flourishing of the Arts\u003cbr\u003e 10. Systemization of science and technology\u003cbr\u003e 11. Social life.  Volume III. Sui and Tang to mid-Ming Dynasties (581–1525): Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Fusion of southern and northern cultures and unification of the empire\u003cbr\u003e 2. The silk road and cultural exchange between China and foreign lands\u003cbr\u003e 3. Economic prosperity and the shift of the economic center of gravity to the south\u003cbr\u003e 4. The development of the civil service examination system and the rise of the new literati class\u003cbr\u003e 5. The perfection of the civil official system\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ruism and new developments in religion\u003cbr\u003e 7. The expansion of scholarship and the florescence of education\u003cbr\u003e 8. The evolution of the northern peoples and their contribution to Chinese civilization\u003cbr\u003e 9. A new period in the history of Chinese-foreign relations\u003cbr\u003e 10. Science and technology and the development of the concept of science\u003cbr\u003e 11. The downward movement of literature and its full florescence\u003cbr\u003e 12. Artistic style and the spirit of the times\u003cbr\u003e 13. Social life. Volume IV. Late Ming and Qing Dynasties (1525–1911): Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Economic development\u003cbr\u003e 2. Proto-enlightenment trends and new elements in political culture\u003cbr\u003e 3. Science and technology\u003cbr\u003e 4. The establishment and growth of a multiethnic state\u003cbr\u003e 5. Political development and people's livelihood\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cultural awareness and achievement in the early and mid-Qing dynasty\u003cbr\u003e 7. The eastward flow of western learning and the spread of Chinese civilization\u003cbr\u003e 8. Religious belief: concepts and practice\u003cbr\u003e 9. New directions in literature and the arts\u003cbr\u003e 10. Order and disruption in social life\u003cbr\u003e 11. Education in schools and in society\u003cbr\u003e 12. The building of core cities and the emergence of regional differences\u003cbr\u003e 13. 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