China: Its History and Culture (4th Edition) Paperback - 2004 - 4th Edition
by Morton, W. Scott
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- Title China: Its History and Culture (4th Edition)
- Author Morton, W. Scott
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 4th
- Edition 4
- Condition New
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, New York
- Date 2004-09-02
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ00A2MK_ns
- ISBN 9780071412797 / 0071412794
- Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.04 x 0.52 in (23.11 x 15.34 x 1.32 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects China - History, China - Civilization
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004012714
- Dewey Decimal Code 951
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A concise and thorough history of one of the world's most powerful nations
This brilliantly lucid and concise study traces China's history and culture from Neolithic times to the present, working into an integrated and authoritative narrative that covers centuries of politics, warfare and government, science and technology, economics and commerce, religion, philosophy, and the arts. Most valuable of all, Dr. Morton illuminates the essential Chinese design, the underlying mental set of the people and the society. He has given approximately equal treatment to all premodern periods, as each has its importance in the evolving history of the Chinese experience, and has illustrated the work with numerous photographs, maps, paintings and drawings and quotations from the literature.
Newly updated and revised, China: Its History and Culture, Fourth Edition, also carefully examines the crucial social and economic changes that have taken place in China over the last decade.
"A wonderful job! So lucid, beautifully written, with great range and insight. This will set a new standard for short general histories of China."--Michael Gasster, professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University
"Simple, concise, factual, and yet comprehensive, penetrating and readable."--Wing-Tsit Chan, Professor of Chinese Philosophy and Culture Emeritus, Dartmouth College
