A History of Chinese Civilization - Softcover

Gernet, Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521497817 ISBN 13: 9780521497817

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition includes a detailed chronology that has been updated through 1993, a new bibliography, and an expanded index that includes Chinese characters.

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Book Description

The translation of a masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers in 1982. Now updated through 1993, this edition includes a new bibliography, and an expanded index with Chinese characters.

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When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past. Written with an elegant and flowing narrative, the essential virtue of Jacques Gernet's book is to see the history of Chinese civilization as a whole. Yet within the synthesis of the trends - social, political, religious, scientific, artistic - that make up China's past and present, the author never loses sight of the telling detail that brings history to life. A History of Chinese Civilization is illustrated by a wide range of photographs, many maps, line drawings and tables. A detailed and updated chronological table and full bibliography complement the text and the expanded index now includes Chinese characters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521497817
• ISBN 13: 9780521497817
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 832