Heritage of China : contemporary perspectives on Chinese civilization

Ropp, Paul S., 1944- (Added Author). Barrett, T. H. (Timothy Hugh) (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0520064402 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520064409 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520064410 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520064416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxi, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1990.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Western perceptions of China from the late sixteenth century to the present / Jonathan Spence -- Early civilization in China : reflections on how it became Chinese / David N. Keightley -- The evolution of government in China / Jack L. Dull -- Sage kings and laws in the Chinese and Greek traditions / Karen Turner -- The Confucian tradition in Chinese history / Tu Wei-ming -- Religious traditions in Chinese civilization : Buddhism and Taoism / T.H. Barrett -- Science and medicine in Chinese history / Nathan Sivin -- Women, marriage, and the family in Chinese history / Patricia Ebrey -- Chinese economic history in comparative perspective / Albert Feuerwerker -- Modern Chinese social history in comparative perspective / William T. Rowe -- Chinese art and its impact on the West / Michael Sullivan -- Poetry in the Chinese tradition / Stephen Owen -- The distinctive art of Chinese fiction / Paul S. Ropp.