T'ang China: The Rise of the East in World HistorySpringer, 2004 M07 29 - 233 pages This book presents a picture focused on the T'ang period, one of China's acknowledged golden ages. Within a looser web of globalization, the T'ang period and its dynamics offers a distant mirror of our own time. An argument in world history may thus cast light on issues in contemporary politics. |
Contents
Before the Rise of the East | 1 |
The Genius of Tang | 30 |
China takes CentreStage | 68 |
A Multiple China | 101 |
Chinas Complex Pluralism | 130 |
Reflux and Prognosis | 168 |
Notes | 202 |
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T'ang China: The Rise of the East in World History Samuel Adrian M. Adshead No preview available - 2004 |
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