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22%OFFYu Ying-Shih - Chinese History and Culture: Seventeenth Century Through Twentieth Century - 9780231178587 - V9780231178587
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Chinese History and Culture: Seventeenth Century Through Twentieth Century

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Description for Chinese History and Culture: Seventeenth Century Through Twentieth Century Hardback. Editor(s): Chiu-Duke, Josephine; Duke, Michael S. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN1; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 770.
The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for revolutionary research in Sinology, Ying-shih Yu is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes investigate two central questions through all aspects of Chinese life: what core values sustained this ancient civilization through centuries of upheaval, and in what ways did these values survive in modern times? From Yu Ying-shih's perspective, the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Masters of Chinese Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231178587
SKU
V9780231178587
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About Yu Ying-Shih
Ying-shih Yu is a preeminent historian of China. Awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for achievement in the Study of Humanity and the inaugural Tang Prize International Award in Sinology, he has published more than thirty books and five hundred articles and essays on Chinese history, thought, politics, and culture. His most recent works include Lun tian ren zhi ji ... Read more

Reviews for Chinese History and Culture: Seventeenth Century Through Twentieth Century
Very few people can, as Ying-shih Yu has done, so thoroughly contribute to the study of China, whether ancient times or modern times, intellectual history, social history, cultural history, or any other number of disciplines. Despite the numerous topics, Yu's essays manage to be incredibly rich, groundbreaking, and enlightening. This truly is a superb collection of his most important scholarly ... Read more

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