China's Cultural Heritage: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912

The Qing Dynasty (1644?1912)?a crucial bridge between ?traditional? and ?modern? China?was a period remarkable for its expansiveness and cultural sophistication. In this extensively revised and expanded edition of his highly regarded book, Richard J. Smith shows how the Chinese of the Qing Dynasty viewed the world; how their outlook was expressed in their institutions, material culture, and customs; and how China?s preoccupation with order, unity, and harmony contributed to the remarkable cohesiveness and continuity of traditional Chinese civilization. In addition to offering a new and challenging interpretation of Chinese culture as a whole, he provides a fresh perspective on a wide variety of topics, from gender issues, philosophy, religion, and mythology, to language, aesthetics, and symbolism. He also examines a number of important but too-often neglected aspects of traditional Chinese daily life, including divination, food, music, sexual practices, festivals, child-rearing, and games.Based on the author?s careful rethinking of certain themes and arguments presented in the first edition, this revised version of China?s Cultural Heritage also draws heavily upon the enormous body of new scholarship on Chinese history and culture that has appeared in the last decade. Although focused primarily on the Qing Dynasty, the book not only sheds valuable light on the distant past but it helps us to understand China?s contemporary problems of modernization. A concluding chapter systematically explores the legacy of traditional Chinese culture to the twentieth century.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-14-2009; An excellent text for anyone interested in Chinese culture; While there are many books that cover periods of Chinese history, there are far fewer that cover the cultural and mental landscape of those historical periods. This text is one of the few that truly succeeds in explaining how and why...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-31-2003; Masterful; Nuanced and wide-ranging, there is no better introduction to the texture of late Imperial Chinese culture and society than this volume.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-29-2002; A rich portrait of a culture; This book is a model for what a cultural survey should be. It begins with an excellent brief survey of Chinese history of the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries, then surveys many things I wanted to know about an alien culture. I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-23-1999; One of the best books ever written; This book gives a detailed picture of Qing Dynasty which ruled China from 1644-1912. It also tells the creation of the mighty empire and how it end feudalism in China. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Chinese history.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-14-2009; An excellent text for anyone interested in Chinese culture; While there are many books that cover periods of Chinese history, there are far fewer that cover the cultural and mental landscape of those historical periods. This text is one of the few that truly succeeds in explaining how and why...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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