A Companion to Chinese History by Szonyi, Michael

A Companion to Chinese History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781118624609)

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A Companion to Chinese History by Szonyi, Michael

A Companion to Chinese History

$218.95
A Companion to Chinese History by Szonyi, Michael

A Companion to Chinese History

$218.95
Format: Hardcover
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A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China's history from the ancient past up until the present day.
  • Covers the major trends in the study of Chinese history from antiquity to the present day
  • Considers the latest scholarship of historians working in China and around the world
  • Explores a variety of long-range questions and themes which serves to bridge the conventional divide between China's traditional and modern eras
  • Addresses China's connections with other nations and regions and enables non-specialists to make comparisons with their own fields
  • Features discussion of traditional topics and chronological approaches as well as newer themes such as Chinese history in relation to sexuality, national identity, and the environment


Author: Michael Szonyi
ISBN-10: 1118624602
ISBN-13: 9781118624609
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2017
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.80w x 1.70d
By Michael Szonyi
By Michael Szonyi
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Michael Szonyi is Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. He is the author of Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China (2002), Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line (2008; Chinese edition 2016), and the forthcoming Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China: Soldiers and their families in the Ming dynasty.

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