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The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture
- Title
- The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture / Richard J. Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xii, 612 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Uniform Title
- China's cultural heritage.
- Alternative Title
- China's cultural heritage.
- Subjects
- Note
- Revision of the author's China's cultural heritage.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Ming Dynasty legacy -- The founding of the Ming -- The evolution of Ming institutions -- Ming culture -- Conquest and consolidation -- The fall of the Ming and the rise of the Qing -- The Qing empire: a brief overview -- The Qing political order -- Imperial rule and metropolitan offices -- Administrative integration and its limits -- Social and economic institutions -- Social classes and conflicts -- Forms of Chinese socioeconomic organization -- Language and symbolic reference -- Languages of the Qing -- The relationship between language and culture -- Thought -- The world of ideas -- The confucian moral order -- Daoist flight and fancy -- Religion -- State sacrifices -- Buddhism and religious Daoism -- Popular religion -- Arts and crafts -- Attitudes toward art -- Craft productions -- Painting and calligraphy -- Literature -- Categories of classical literature -- Vernacular literature -- Social life -- Early life-cycle ritual -- Marriage and beyond -- Amusements -- The late Qing and beyond, 1860-2014 -- Reform, revolution, and China's inherited culture -- Appendices -- Appendix A: a note on Chinese names -- Appendix B: weights and measures, exchange rates and costs -- Appendix C: regional differences and provincial stereotypes -- Appendix D: glossary of some philosophical concepts -- Appendix E: tables of contents of selected editions of the Wanbao Quanshu (1612, 1636, 1758 and 1828) -- Appendix F: some English-language writings on Honglou Meng (dream of the red chamber).
- Call Number
- JFE 15-8259
- ISBN
- 9781442221925
- 1442221925
- 9781442221932
- 1442221933
- 9781442221949 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015001789
- OCLC
- 898910891
- Author
- Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944- author.
- Title
- The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture / Richard J. Smith.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1644 - 1912
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-8259