HST 244 - Pre-Modern China to 1850
Qiong Zhang - http://college.wfu.edu/history/faculty-and-staff/faculty/qiong-zhang/
This course surveys Chinese history from high antiquity to 1850. It covers such basic themes as the evolution of political, legal and social institutions, the development of major philosophical and religious traditions, and the achievements in science, technology, literature and the arts. Students are invited to explore these themes by engaging a variety of primary sources, ranging from archeological artifacts, historical documents, philosophical texts, poems and novels to art works.
Cambridge Illustrated History of China, by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, 2nd edition (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
ISBN: 978-0-521-12433-1
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paperback $41.70
Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook. The Free Press; 2nd Revised and Expanded edition, 1993
ISBN 978-0029087527
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kindle $13.59
paperback $20.05
Six Records of a Floating Life, by Shen Fu, translated with an introduction and notes by Leonard Pratt and Chiang Su-hui (Penguin Books, 1981)
ISBN: 978-0-140-44429-2
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kindle $9.12
paperback $11.03
Charles Benn, China's Golden Age, Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty
Oxford University, 2004
ISBN 9780195176650
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paperback $14.97
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Mountain of Fame: Portraits in Chinese History, by John E. Wills. Reprinted edition, Princeton University Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0691155876
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kindle $16.32
paperback $19.46