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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013

1 online resource (xvi, 244 p.) : ill., map

ISBN 9781442208971 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781442208957 (cloth : alkaline paper)

ISBN 9781442208964 (paper : alkaline paper)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Chronology of China’s Rulers -- Notes on Romanization, Names, and Chinese Characters -- Introduction: The Creation of History in China / Naomi Standen -- Part I. Images of an Ancient and United Nation -- The Chinese / Peter C. Perdue -- The Great Wall / Peter Lorge -- Foreign Conquerors of China / Naomi Standen -- Confucius : The Key to Understanding China / Tim Barrett -- Part II. Cultural Traditions -- The "Decline" of Buddhism in China / Tansen Sen -- Islam in China / Michael Brose -- Chinese Medicine / Bridie Andrews -- Traditional Chinese and the Environment / Ling Zhang -- Chinese Martial Arts / Stanley Henning -- Women in Chinese History / Clara Wing-chung Ho -- Part III. Imperial China -- China’s Age of Seafaring / Ruth Mostern -- Civil Service Examinations / Elif Akcetin -- Xinjiang at the Center / Judd Kinzley -- Tibet / Elliott Sperling -- Modern China’s Borders / Andres Rodriguez -- The Opium War and China’s "Century of Humiliation" / Julia Lovell -- Part IV. Making Modern China -- Sun Yat-sen / Wasana Wongsurawat -- Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945 / Felix Boecking -- The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party / Christian Hess -- Simplified Characters / Imre Galambos -- The One-Child Policy / Barbara Mittler -- The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 / Marjorie Dryburgh -- China’s Political System / Hai Ren -- Tiananmen 1989 / Fabio Lanza.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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