From early Tang court debates to China's peaceful rise /

"This volume presents new topics from Chinese history of the last 1400 years from a broad range of fields such as politics, religion, society, economy and culture. The refreshing eight articles give new insights on events as different as the inter-religious court debates of the Tang, the Jiaqin...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: JSTOR (Organization), International Convention of Asia Scholars
Other Authors: Assandri, Friederike, 1964-, Martins, Dora
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]
Series:ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 7.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Inter-religious Debate at the Court of the Early Tang: An Introduction to Daoxuan's Ji gujin Fo Dao lunheng / Friederike Assandri
  • Social Crises and Political Reform during the Jiaqing Reign of Qing China, 1796-1810s / Wensheng Wang
  • 'China' on Display at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893: Faces of Modernization in the Contact Zone / Yuki Ooi
  • Christianity and State-Building in Republican Chaozhou, South China / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee
  • The Structure of Salt Distribution in Taiwan, 1895-1945 / Tsu-yu Chen
  • Semi-Colonialism and Cultural Interaction: Chinese Indentured Labor in World War One France and the Sino-French Connection / Paul J. Bailey
  • China's Rise: Some Considerations / Dora Martins
  • A Snapshot of Internet Regulation in Contemporary China: Censorship, Profitability and Responsibility / Jinqiu Zhao.