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   Franz Michael

Publisher:

   Westview Press

Place of Publication:

  Boulder, CO  

Publication Year:

  1986
Subjects:   China--Civilization
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books on: (China Civilization)  - 25252 results

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China through the Ages: History of a Civilization
Book by Franz Michael; Westview Press, 1986
Subjects: China--Civilization
...many others. China CHINA THROUGH THE AGES History of a Civilization Franz Michael...Includes index. 1. China-Civilization. I. Title. DS721...waters. Chinese civilization had its origin in Northwest China, in the valleys...
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The Civilization of China
Book by Herbert A. Giles; Holt and Company, 1911
Subjects: China--Civilization, China--History
THE CIVILIZATION OF CHINA BY HERBERT A. GILES...INDEX 255 THE CIVILIZATION OF CHINA CHAPTER I...indelible mark upon the civilization as well as on the recorded history of China. A peasant, by mere...
3.
Li, Qi, and Shu: An Introduction to Science and Civilization in China
Book by Ho Peng Yoke; Hong Kong University Press, 1985
Subjects: China--Civilization, Science--China--History
...Introduction to Science and Civilization in China A Yao ceremonial painting...Introduction to Science and Civilization in China HO PENG YOKE, Ph.D...Joseph Needham Science and Civilization in China . The sheer size of the volumes...
4.
Translingual Practice: Literature, National Culture, and Translated Modernity--China, 1900-1937
Book by Lydia H. Liu; Stanford University Press, 1995
Subjects: China--Civilization--20th Century, China--Civilization--Foreign Influences, Chinese Literature--20th Century, Chinese Literature--Foreign Influences
...absolute centrality of its own civilization vis-a-vis the rest of the world...I examine, so much so that China could no longer maintain a...and translated modernity in China. TRANSLINGUAL PRACTICE Literature...and Translated Modernity--China, 1900-1937 CHAPTER I Introduction...
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National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China
Book by Ann Anagnost; Duke University Press, 1997
Subjects: China--Civilization--1949-, China--Politics And Government--1976-, China--Social Conditions--1976-
...3, then, I argue that a discourse of "civilization" wenming has taken the place of an...object to performative subject? 20 In China, the language of modern social analysis...and quintessentially modern. In 1920s China, this split was transferred to the discursive...
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journal articles on: (China Civilization)  - 1866 results

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1.
Mu-Chou Poo. Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China
Journal article by Jerry H. Bentley; China Review International, Vol. 12, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China (Book)--Book reviews
...Poo. Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward...Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. by Jerry...Poo. Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward...Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. Albany: State...Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. He holds that "each civilization is unique, yet...
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Joshua Fogel, Editor. the Role of Japan in Liang Qichao's Introduction of Modern Western Civilization to China
Journal article by Lu Yan; China Review International, Vol. 12, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Role of Japan in Liang Qichao's Introduction of Modern Western Civilization to China (Book)--Book reviews
...Introduction of Modern Western Civilization to China. by Lu Yan Joshua...Introduction of Modern Western Civilization to China. China Research Monograph...Introduction of Modern Western Civilization to China revisits this canonized figure...
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K. C. Chang and P. Xu, Editors; Introduction by S. Allan. the Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective
Journal article by Gregory G. Indrisano; China Review International, Vol. 13, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective (Book)--Book reviews
...Formation of Chinese Civilization is the much anticipated...Archaeology of Ancient China series, last published...Peoples Republic of China and range in date...Formation of Chinese Civilization is a beautiful book...uniquely Chinese civilization developed inside...Peoples Republic of China. This development...
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Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization
Journal article by Sarah Milledge Nelson; China Review International, Vol. 8, 2001
Subjects: Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization (Book)
...Treasures from a Lost Civilization. Princeton: Princeton University...Relics, Sichuan Province, China, it is far more than just...addition to the libraries of China scholars, including those who work on other parts of China and in other time periods...
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China, the West, and World History in Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China
Journal article by Robert Finlay; Journal of World History, Vol. 11, 2000
Subjects: World History--Periodicals
...played out between China and the West. Technological...not disrupt Chinese civilization, which remained secure...failure of Chinese civilization. 58 China had impressive intellectual...appraisal" of his own civilization. China appealed to him as...
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1.
China: Beyond the Matrix
Magazine article by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom; The Nation, Vol. 272, May 7, 2001
Subjects: China--Politics and government, Communism and mass media--China, Communism--China, Computers and civilization--Political aspects, Internet--Influence, Mass media--China, McLuhan, Marshall--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
China: Beyond the Matrix. by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom...mind upon realizing that their stances on the Internet and China are interchangeable--despite Clintons favoring a softer political...March 2000 calling for permanent normal trade relations with China. Clinton invoked Earl Warrens claim that "liberty is the...
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Cyber China
Magazine article by Didi Tang; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, November 13, 2000
Subjects: China--Civil rights, Computers and civilization--China, Dissenters--Information services, Internet--Usage, Online services--Statistics
Cyber China by Didi Tang The Internet...the Chinese Communist Party in mainland China. To criticize it, theres no freedom." The...cost of losing its grip on public speech. "China is enthusiastically embracing the Internet...
3.
Power and Civilization
Magazine article by Owen Harries; The National Interest, Spring 1994
Subjects: Balance of power--Analysis, China--Relations with the United States, Confucianism--Economic aspects, International relations--Analysis, United States--Relations with China, War--International aspects, World politics--Economic aspects
...Huntingtons essay "The Clash of Civilizations?" (Foreign Affairs, Summer...Confucian countries (especially China), and the validity and wisdom...comes back to the Confucian civilization. What, then, is the state...the dominant powers in each, China and the United States? While...
4.
The World Shakes China
Magazine article by Bruce Cumings; The National Interest, Spring 1996
Subjects: China--Foreign relations, International relations--Analysis, United States--Relations with China
...superiority of its own civilization, China has still not overcome...to that challenge is civilizational, not military. China is a country whose central...their own, different, civilizations. A wealthy China again capable of asserting...
5.
China and Tibet: An Exchange
Magazine article by Dennett C. Slemp, Robert A. Evans; The Christian Century, Vol. 114, December 3, 1997
Subjects: China--Foreign relations, Freedom of religion--China, Human rights--Tibet
...China and the church in China. It expresses the sensitivities...tragedy of the dying Tibetan civilization, what this means to Tibetans...survival of the church in China is not at stake, whereas the survival of Tibetan civilization is at stake. The worlds...
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Recognizing Tibet as a 'Captive Nation,' Separate from China
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 26, 1997
Subjects: China, Tibet
...captive nation, separate from China Some months ago, The...their culture and ancient civilization will survive or whether the...routinely publishing maps of the China-India region that fail to depict...any way distinguishable from China itself. There is much truth...
2.
China According to Napoleon
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 27, 1997
Subjects: China, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
...the U.S. But so far, say Messrs. Bernstein and Munro, "The strategy as been remarkably successful." China has been a major civilization for most of the past 2,000 years, is now geographically the largest nation on earth, and after two centuries...
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China Lodges a Royal 'Throne' Claim
Newspaper article by Jennifer Harper; The Washington Times, July 28, 2000
Subjects: China
China lodges a royal throne claim...yesterday that archeologists had found civilizations oldest toilet, tucked up in the...the pan," proclaimed the South China Morning Post, while Reuters determined...chapter in the history of human civilization," and subject of song, story, ballet...
4.
China Keeps U.S. Relations on Rocky Road
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, March 5, 1999
Subjects: China
...not view them that way. "But they are an ancient, proud civilization, finally getting on their feet, and they dont think America...Kissingers State Department staff during early contacts with China in 1974, blames the Clinton administration for making human...
5.
President to Choose Prueher for China: Mixed Hill Reviews for Retired Admiral
Newspaper article by Andrew Cain; The Washington Times, May 14, 1999
Subjects: China
...Daily blasted the NATO attack as "a blasphemy against human civilization." A day after the victims of the embassy bombing returned...state media reported. Adm. Prueher is used to tough talk with China. In 1996, he recommended and Washington approved his dispatch...
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encyclopedia articles on: (China Civilization)  - 42 results

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China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...a Western origin for Chinese civilization. However, since the 2d millennium...has spread over almost all of China. The substantial linguistic and...1986); J. Needham, Science and Civilization in China (6 vol., 1954 86); E. Joffe...
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Civilization
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...emerged in several different parts of the prehistoric world: Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, the central Andes, and Mesoamerica. However, some civilizations did not have all of these characteristics (e.g., the Classic Maya had no metallurgy...
3.
Wei , River, China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
WEI , river, China wa, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in SE Gansu prov. and...alluvial valley was the site of some of the earliest centers of Chinese civilization (such as the Chou dynasty, 1027 256 b.c.) and is now the agricultural...
4.
Chinese Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...antiquity. (For the history of Chinese civilization, see China .) Early Periods Neolithic...forms of these figures came to China from India by way of central Asia...of inspiration, was produced in China (and was also made in Japan...
5.
Shang
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...China (1954); T. Cheng, Archaeology in China: Vol. II, Shang China (1960); K. C. Chang, Shang Civilization (1980); D. Keightley, Early China (1981) and The Origins of Chinese Civilization (1983). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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