{"product_id":"china-to-1850-charles-o-hucker-9780804709583","title":"China to 1850: A Short History","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the author of the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eChina's Imperial Past\u003c\/i\u003e and written in the same lively style, this is a distillation of what every general reader and beginning student should know about the history of traditional Chinese civilization. It weaves together chronologically all aspects of Chinese life and culture, broadly surveying general history, socioeconomic organization, political institutions, religion and thought, and art and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author explains how the Chinese empire emerged in antiquity, how it flourished and declined in successive cycles for thousands of years, and how in the end it found itself unprepared for both the domestic and the external challenges of the modern era. The result is a concise overview that is both absorbing in itself and basic to a more detailed study of China's long and complex evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles O. Hucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804709580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804709583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.23h x 4.38w x 0.53d","brand":"Charles O. Hucker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981256655103,"sku":"9780804709583","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0cbdeb7-a0ff-4428-832c-4532dbde24e9.jpg?v=1683254521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/china-to-1850-charles-o-hucker-9780804709583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}