Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives Chinese CIV

The thirteen essays in this volume, all by experts in the field of Chinese studies, reflect the diversity of approaches scholars follow in the study of China's past. Together they reveal the depth and vitality of Chinese civilization and demonstrate how an understanding of traditional China can enrich and broaden our own contemporary worldview.

"This volume succeeds at an almost impossible task--a review of over two millennia of Chinese history and culture (chiefly premodern) in thirteen substantial essays. . . . The result is a collection that will surely challenge serious-minded undergraduates and engage their instructors as well."--"Journal of Asian Studies

Paul S. Ropp is Associate Professor of History at Clark University.

The thirteen essays in this volume, all by experts in the field of Chinese studies, reflect the diversity of approaches scholars follow in the study of China's past. Together they reveal the depth and vitality of Chinese civilization and demonstrate how an understanding of traditional China can enrich and broaden our own contemporary worldview.

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