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Publisher : Social Studies
ISBN 13 : 1575962608
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (759 download)
Download or read book European Feudalism and the Chinese Imperial Order written by and published by Social Studies. This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grant R. Hardy
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 031332588X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book The Establishment of the Han Empire and Imperial China written by Grant R. Hardy and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Han Dynasty created a Chinese empire that endures to this day.
Author : Walter Scheidel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691216738
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Escape from Rome written by Walter Scheidel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers new answers to some of the biggest questions in history: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? And, above all, why did Europeans come to dominate the world? In an absorbing narrative that begins with ancient Rome but stretches far beyond it, from Byzantium to China and from Genghis Khan to Napoleon, Scheidel shows how the demise of Rome and the enduring failure of empire-building on European soil launched an economic transformation that changed the continent and ultimately the world.
Author : Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674967402
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book The Byzantine Republic written by Anthony Kaldellis and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. Here, in a revolutionary model of Byzantine politics and society, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that from the fifth to the twelfth centuries CE the Eastern Roman Empire was essentially a republic, with power exercised on behalf of the people and sometimes by them too. The Byzantine Republic recovers for the historical record a less autocratic, more populist Byzantium whose Greek-speaking citizens considered themselves as fully Roman as their Latin-speaking “ancestors.” Kaldellis shows that the idea of Byzantium as a rigid imperial theocracy is a misleading construct of Western historians since the Enlightenment. With court proclamations often draped in Christian rhetoric, the notion of divine kingship emerged as a way to disguise the inherent vulnerability of each regime. The legitimacy of the emperors was not predicated on an absolute right to the throne but on the popularity of individual emperors, whose grip on power was tenuous despite the stability of the imperial institution itself. Kaldellis examines the overlooked Byzantine concept of the polity, along with the complex relationship of emperors to the law and the ways they bolstered their popular acceptance and avoided challenges. The rebellions that periodically rocked the empire were not aberrations, he shows, but an essential part of the functioning of the republican monarchy.
Author : Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674057910
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Before and Beyond Divergence written by Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did sustained economic growth arise in Europe rather than in China? The authors combine economic theory and historical evidence to argue that political processes drove the economic divergence between the two world regions, with continued consequences today that become clear in this innovative account.
Author : Ainslie Thomas Embree
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9781563242656
Total Pages : 1048 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Asia in Western and World History written by Ainslie Thomas Embree and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume provides teachers and students with broad and stimulating perspectives on Asian history and its place in world and Western history. Essays by over forty leading scholars suggest many new ways of incorporating Asian history, from ancient to modern times, into core curriculum history courses. Now featuring "Suggested Resources for Maps to Be Used in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History".
Author : ELLIS-GORMAN STUART
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 9781526789532
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (895 download)
Download or read book The Medieval Crossbow written by ELLIS-GORMAN STUART and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crossbow is an iconic weapon of the Middle Ages and, alongside the longbow, one of the most effective ranged weapons of the pre-gunpowder era. Unfortunately, despite its general fame it has been decades since an in-depth history of the medieval crossbow has been published, which is why Stuart Ellis-Gorman's detailed, accessible, and highly illustrated study is so valuable. The Medieval Crossbow approaches the history of the crossbow from two directions. The first is a technical study of the design and construction of the medieval crossbow, the many different kinds of crossbows used during the Middle Ages, and finally a consideration of the relationship between crossbows and art. The second half of the book explores the history of the crossbow, from its origins in ancient China to its decline in sixteenth-century Europe. Along the way it explores the challenges in deciphering the crossbow's early medieval history as well as its prominence in warfare and sport shooting in the High and Later Middle Ages. This fascinating book brings together the work of a wide range of accomplished crossbow scholars and incorporates the author's own original research to create an account of the medieval crossbow that will appeal to anyone looking to gain an insight into one of the most important weapons of the Middle Ages.
Author : Niv Horesh
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811615403
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Empires in World History written by Niv Horesh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on Empires, from an economic historical perspective. In doing so, it relates current debates in international relations (IR) and politics to the vexed legacy of empires in the past. The book includes analyses of the comparative scholarly literature on Empire in Antiquity, and Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, asking the question if the United Sates is an Empire, and if China an emerging Empire. It contributes to the field given its interdisciplinarity, bringing together both historical and IR insights into world systems in times past. In addition it draws out four key points of separateness between pre-modern and modern empires, and emphases specific economic data. Further to that, the book advances the notion of the emergence of “empires from within” in the 21st century, that is nation-states becoming more multi-ethnic while often stepping back from globalization. And finally it offers future scenarios for the evolution of empires in a Schumpeterian post-industrial world.
Author : T. J. Byres
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714632452
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Feudalism and Non-European Societies written by T. J. Byres and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'With admirable clarity, Mrs Peters sums up what determines competence in spelling and the traditional and new approaches to its teaching.' -Times Literary Supplement
Author : Manuel Perez-Garcia
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811578656
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Global History with Chinese Characteristics written by Manuel Perez-Garcia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble state capacity of Qing China questioning the so-called “High Qing” (shèng qīng 盛清) era’s economic prosperity as the political system was set into a “power paradox” or “supremacy dilemma”. This is a new thesis introduced by the author demonstrating that interventionist states entail weak governance. Macao and Marseille as a new case study aims to compare Mediterranean and South China markets to provide new insights into both modern eras’ rising trade networks, non-official institutions and interventionist impulses of autocratic states such as China’s Qing and Spain’s Bourbon empires.
Author : GU WEILIE
Publisher : American Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1631815377
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CULTURE written by GU WEILIE and published by American Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A General Introduction to Chinese Culture is a book introducing Chinese culture from the perspectives of institutional culture, material culture and spiritual culture by starting from the exploration over implications of culture, backgrounds, and basic characteristics of traditional Chinese culture. Well-documented, rich in materials and rigorous in theory, the book describes and analyzes almost all aspects of traditional Chinese culture both at macro and micro levels. Innovative and thought-provoking ideas can be found in the summary of the basic characteristics of Chinese culture as well as in the analysis of theoretical issues such as traditional Chinese economic thought, political ideas, the patriarchal system, the imperial examination system, science and technology, academics, religions, cultural spirit and aesthetic pursuits of literature and art, etc. With dialectical and scientific argumentation, the interpretation of traditional culture embodies contemporary consciousness, and it well reflects the latest level of research on traditional Chinese culture. This book has also been used as textbook by the Chinese universities for the graduate students to learn about Chinese culture. Awarded the Second Prize of the National University Press Bestseller by Chinese University Press Association and listed top in the recommended bibliography by many libraries, this book has been reprinted many times and well received by all readers.
Author : Joseph Levenson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520318943
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book China: An Interpretive History written by Joseph Levenson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.
Author : Wang Xiuli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000325881
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book China in the Eyes of the Japanese written by Wang Xiuli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relation between China and Japan is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world but how did the Japanese view China in ancient times? How did views change throughout the course of history? How could China’s image be improved in Japanese people’s eyes? This book provides an analysis of the history of contact between China and Japan and surveys the present situation to understand general views of Japanese society toward China. Through scientific public opinion surveys as well as in-depth interviews, the book examines ordinary and elite Japanese people’s views of Chinese culture, society, politics, the economy, media and Sino-Japanese relations. In addition, it analyzes the main causes of the formation of such views, and makes suggestions on promoting positive public opinions of China. The authors hope that this title can deepen Japanese society’s understanding and comprehension of China, help promote Sino-Japanese non-governmental exchange, and lay the foundation for continuous development of Sino-Japanese relations. This title will appeal to students and scholars of cultural studies, international relations and Asian studies.
Author : Youqin Huang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135050198
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities written by Youqin Huang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, Chinese cities have experienced profound social, economic and spatial transformations. In particular, Chinese cities have witnessed the largest housing boom in history and unprecedented housing privatization. China now is a country of homeowners, with more than 70 per cent of urban residents owning homes, higher than many developed countries. This book shows how China’s spectacular housing success is not shared by all social groups, with rapidly rising housing inequality, and residential segregation increasingly prevalent in previously homogeneous Chinese cities. It focuses on the two extremes of the residential landscape, and reveals the stark contrast between low-income households who live in shacks in so-called ‘urban villages’ and the nouveaux riches who live in exclusive gated villa communities. Over four parts, the contributors look at the degree to which inequality affects Chinese cities, and the extent of residential differentiation; housing for the urban poor, and in particular, housing for migrants from rural China; housing for the rapidly expanding Chinese middle class and the new rich; and finally, governance in residential neighbourhoods. Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities presents theoretically informed and empirically grounded research into the polarized residential landscape in Chinese cities, and as such will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese studies, urban geography, urban sociology, and urban studies.
Author : Timothy Brook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521525916
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (259 download)
Download or read book China and Historical Capitalism written by Timothy Brook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the historical relationship that has arisen between the concept of capitalism and the idea of China. Formulated by European intellectuals in order to identify the social formation in which they found themselves, capitalism was portrayed as unique to Europe and as an organic outgrowth of Western civilization. In this way, China was rejected as a model of civilization, and seen merely as despotic, feudal or stagnant. This Eurocentric judgement has hung over all subsequent thinking about China, even influencing Chinese perceptions of their own history. The aim of this collaborative project is to examine how the experience of capitalism as a European social formation and as a world-system has shaped knowledge of China. In addition the volume aims to establish new foundations on which a theory of Chinese society might be built, in order to perceive and understand Chinese development in less Eurocentric terms.
Author : H. Patrick Glenn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199205418
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Legal Traditions of the World written by H. Patrick Glenn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous editions published : 2nd (2004) and 1st (2000).
Author : Paul Jakov Smith
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684173817
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)
Download or read book The Song-Yuan-Ming Transition in Chinese History written by Paul Jakov Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to study the connections between two well-studied epochs in Chinese history: the mid-imperial era of the Tang and Song (ca. 800-1270) and the late imperial era of the late Ming and Qing (1550-1900). Both eras are seen as periods of explosive change, particularly in economic activity, characterized by the emergence of new forms of social organization and a dramatic expansion in knowledge and culture. The task of establishing links between these two periods has been impeded by a lack of knowledge of the intervening Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). This historiographical "black hole" has artificially interrupted the narrative of Chinese history and bifurcated it into two distinct epochs. This book aims to restore continuity to that historical narrative by filling the gap between mid-imperial and late imperial China. The contributors argue that the Song-Yuan-Ming transition (early twelfth through the late fifteenth century) constitutes a distinct historical period of transition and not one of interruption and devolution. They trace this transition by investigating such subjects as contemporary impressions of the period, the role of the Mongols in intellectual life, the economy of Jiangnan, urban growth, neo-Confucianism and local society, commercial publishing, comic drama, and medical learning.
