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Author : Brian Catchpole
Release : 1978
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Book Synopsis A Map History of Modern China by : Brian Catchpole
Download or read book A Map History of Modern China written by Brian Catchpole. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Catchpole
Release : 1976-01-01
Genre : China
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Book Synopsis A Map History of Modern China by : Brian Catchpole
Download or read book A Map History of Modern China written by Brian Catchpole. This book was released on 1976-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Release : 2016-06-16
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China by : Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China written by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. This book was released on 2016-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century', introducing readers to important but often overlooked events in China's past, such as the bloody Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), which had a death toll far higher than the roughly contemporaneous American Civil War. It also helps readers see more familiar landmarks in Chinese history in new ways, such as the Opium War (1839-1842), the Boxer Uprising of 1900, the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989. This is one of the first major efforts -- and in many ways the most ambitious to date -- to come to terms with the broad sweep of modern Chinese history, taking readers from the origins of modern China right up through the dramatic events of the last few years (the Beijing Games, the financial crisis, and China's rise to global economic pre-eminence) which have so fundamentally altered Western views of China and China's place in the world.
Author : Richard Joseph Smith
Release : 1996
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Chinese Maps by : Richard Joseph Smith
Download or read book Chinese Maps written by Richard Joseph Smith. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly two thousand years the Chinese Emporer, self-proclaimed ruler of `All under Heaven', demanded the obedience not only of his subjects within China but also of peoples throughout the known world. Maps played a crucial role in the administration of this vast system of states. Charts of foreign lands and images of the `barbarians' that populated them presented the world as the Chinese wanted it to be seen: with the Middle Kingdom as lord and other states as vassals paying tribute to it. In this richly illustrated history, Richard J. Smithshows how the Chinese depicted foreign lands and peoples in maps and encyclopedias through the centuries. He discusses the debates surrounding the production of maps, as well as their technical aspects and political, military and administrative uses. Reproductions of many of the most beautiful and noteworthy maps of the Chinese world accompany the text. More than simple refelections of the lands and peoples they depict, these maps and illustrations are documents that reveal the evolving values of the grand and powerful society that produced them
Author : 阎平
Release : 1998
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis China in Ancient and Modern Maps by : 阎平
Download or read book China in Ancient and Modern Maps written by 阎平. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China has one of the world's earliest civilizations and was the first country in the world to make maps. This volume shows how the development of cartography was an inseparable part of ancient Chinese culture and reveals the huge repository of maps in national museums, libraries and preservation centres. The examples are noteworthy, not only as documents charting the development of knowledge of China's topography, but also as works of art with great value in the study of Chinese art, architecture and social life. The book illustrates and examines over 160 maps arranged chronologically and accompanied by scientific analyses on topography and mapping technique. It concludes with a comprehensive chronicle listing important events in map-making history.
