{"product_id":"a-companion-to-chinese-history-9781118624609","title":"A Companion to Chinese History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA   Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China   s history from the ancient past up until the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Szonyi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I States of the Field 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How Do We Know What We Know about Chinese History? 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEndymion Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Chinese History in China: The State of the Field (1980s–2010s) 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMay‐bo Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Chinese History in Japan: The State of the Field 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShiba Yoshinobu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Chinese History in Europe: The State of the Field 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarriet Zurndorfer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Chinese History in the Era of the China Dream 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeremie R. Barmé and Michael Szonyi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Chinese History in World History 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Chronologies 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Early China in Eurasian History 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Puett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Was Medieval China Medieval? (Post‐Han to Mid‐Tang) 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Holcombe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A Tang–Song Turning Point 118\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicolas Tackett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Periods of Non-Han Rule 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichal Biran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Song to Qing: Late Imperial or Early Modern? 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. Kent Guy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Nineteenth‐Century China: The Evolution of American Historical Approaches 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul A. Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Republican History 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Y. Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Rethinking the History of Maoist China 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS.A. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Reform Era as History 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Cheek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Themes and Approaches 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Women, Gender, the Family, and Sexuality 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWeijing Lu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 History of Premodern Chinese Literature 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGraham Sanders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Modern Chinese Literature 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Der‐wei Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Environmental History of China: Past, Present, and Future 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter C. Perdue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Science, Technology, and Medicine 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarla Nappi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Legal History 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam P. Alford and Eric T. Schluessel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Identity in the Study of Modern China 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas S. Mullaney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Religious Core of Local Social Organization 304\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarend J. ter Haar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Beyond the Great Divergence: Current Scholarship on the Economic History of Premodern China 315\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard von Glahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Taiwan: Margin, Center, Node 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShelley Rigger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Chinese Migrations 343\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry S.N. Yu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 China in the World: Beyond the Tribute System 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn E. Wills, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Selected Terms 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 437\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406896374103,"sku":"9781118624609","price":123.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-chinese-history-9781118624609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}