China Understanding Its Past

Name: China Understanding Its Past
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ISBN: 9780824819231

ISBN-10: 0824819233

ISBN-13: 9780824819231

Edition: N/A

Authors: Eileen H. Tamura, Linda K. Menton, Noren W. Lush, Francis K. Tsui, Warren I. Cohen

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China: Understanding Its Past aims to fill a conspicuous gap in conventional world history texts, which are often Eurocentric and give scant attention to Asia. Using role-playing, simulations, debates, primary documents, first person accounts, excerpts from literary works, and cooperative learning activities, this text will help students explore many key aspects of China's history and culture. The teacher's manual includes a synopsis of each chapter and section, learner outcomes, definitions of key concepts, directions for student activities, and possible responses to questions posed in the student text. The CD contains selections of Chinese music from different time periods and locales.…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Warren I. Cohen is Distinguished University Professor of History at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His publications include The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations: America in the Age of Soviet Power, 1945-1991, East Asian Art in American Culture(Columbia), and America's Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations(Columbia).



Maps


Tables and Graphs


To the Reader


Chinese Names


Romanization and Pronunciation of Chinese Words



The Family, State, and Society in Imperial China, 600 B.C.E. to A.D. 1900



Daughters



Sons



Parents and Children



Foundations of Chinese Thinking



China and the Outside World



Civilizations in Collision: China in Transition, 1750-1920



The Celestial Empire and the Outside World, 1750-1793



China, Britain, and Opium, 1839-1842



Foreign Encroachment in China, 1842-1911



Domestic Strife, 1850-1873



Reform and Revolution, 1890-1920



Transforming Society: Chinese Communism, from 1920



Chaos, Confusion, and Civil War, 1920-1949



Winning Hearts and Minds



"Dare to Act": Restructuring Society and the Economy, from 1949



Marriage, Women, and the Family



China and Other Countries, from 1949


Glossary


Index


Acknowledgments