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Beschreibung
This illustrated introduction to the history of China offers a fresh understanding of China's progress from the Neolithic age to the present. Told in six chapters arranged chronologically, through art, artefacts, people and places, and richly illustrated with expertly selected objects and artworks, it firmly connects today's China with its internationally engaged past.

From the earliest archaeological relics and rituals, through the development of writing and state, to the advent of empire, the author charts China's transformation from ancient civilization into the world's most populous nation and influential economy, offering the reader a myriad historical insights and cultural treasures along the way. This accessible book presents an eclectic mix of materials including Chinese theatre, the decorative arts, costume, jewelry and furniture-making, running through to the most recent diffusion of Chinese culture.

Published to coincide with the reopening of the British Museum's Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia, this book will stimulate, fascinate and inform anyone interested in one of the greatest and most influential nations of the modern world.
This illustrated introduction to the history of China offers a fresh understanding of China's progress from the Neolithic age to the present. Told in six chapters arranged chronologically, through art, artefacts, people and places, and richly illustrated with expertly selected objects and artworks, it firmly connects today's China with its internationally engaged past.

From the earliest archaeological relics and rituals, through the development of writing and state, to the advent of empire, the author charts China's transformation from ancient civilization into the world's most populous nation and influential economy, offering the reader a myriad historical insights and cultural treasures along the way. This accessible book presents an eclectic mix of materials including Chinese theatre, the decorative arts, costume, jewelry and furniture-making, running through to the most recent diffusion of Chinese culture.

Published to coincide with the reopening of the British Museum's Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia, this book will stimulate, fascinate and inform anyone interested in one of the greatest and most influential nations of the modern world.
Über den Autor
Jessica Harrison-Hall is Head of the China Section, Curator of Later China, Vietnam and the Sir Percival David
Collection of Chinese Ceramics at the British Museum, London.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction ¿ 1. Early China: Neolithic to the Unification 4000-221 bc ¿ 2. Empires 221 BC-AD 960 ¿ 3. Emperors, Scholars and Merchants 960-1279 ¿ 4. Mongols and Ming 1271-1644 ¿ 5. Qing: The Last Dynasty 1644-1911 ¿ 6. Modern China 1911-present
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Reihe: A History In Objects
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780500519707
ISBN-10: 0500519706
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Harrison-Hall, Jessica
Hersteller: Thames & Hudson Ltd
A History In Objects
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 246 x 174 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Jessica Harrison-Hall
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.01.2018
Gewicht: 1,093 kg
Artikel-ID: 109260448

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