The uniqueness of Chinese civilization in world history / Guy S. Alitto.
The book is a meticulous work in answering these questions which often occur to foreigners as well as modern Chinese themselves at the thought of the old China and its experience in modern times: What is Chinese civilization? How could it exist for several millennia and spread that far? Is there any...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2023.
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| Series: | China academic library,
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| Summary: | The book is a meticulous work in answering these questions which often occur to foreigners as well as modern Chinese themselves at the thought of the old China and its experience in modern times: What is Chinese civilization? How could it exist for several millennia and spread that far? Is there anything inherent in this civilization? From the standpoint of an "outsider" to this civilization, the author incorporates various elements, such as geographic factors, language, thoughts, with the recurrent themes along the two thousand years and changes throughout, rather than simply following a lineal progression. His historiographical approach, the methodology of eclectic common sense, as he termed it, is a new try in this field and will present a brand new perspective for both readers and researchers in that field. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 282 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9789819907106 9819907101 |
| ISSN: | 2195-1861. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 2, 2023) |