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Mark Elvin The Pattern of the Chinese Past (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- The Pattern of the Chinese Past
- Publication Name
- Pattern of the Chinese Past
- Title
- The Pattern of the Chinese Past
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0804708762
- EAN
- 9780804708760
- ISBN
- 9780804708760
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Genre
- History
- Release Year
- 1973
- Release Date
- 21/06/1973
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1973
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 348 Pages
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A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and with a documentary record covering three millennia, is still far from possible. The present work is only an attempt to disengage the major themes that seem to be of relevance to our understanding of China today. In particular, this volume studies three questions. Why did the Chinese Empire stay together when the Roman Empire, and every other empire of antiquity of the middle ages, ultimately collapsed? What were the causes of the medieval revolution which made the Chinese economy after about 1100 the most advanced in the world? And why did China after about 1350 fail to maintain her earlier pace of technological advance while still, in many respects, advancing economically? The three sections of the book deal with these problems in turn but the division of a subject matter is to some extent only one of convenience. These topics are so interrelated that, in the last analysis, none of them can be considered in isolation from the others.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
0804708762
ISBN-13
9780804708760
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1035407
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Pattern of the Chinese Past
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1973
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds735
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"Every now and then a book appears which by its evidence and boldness of argument redirects our thinking, making us re-examine old problems in unprecedented ways. Such were Marc Bloch's Les caractres originaux de l'histoire rurale franaise and E.H. Norman's Japan's Emergence as a Modern State . I predict The Pattern of the Chinese Past will achieve similar fame in Chinese historical studies. It is a brilliant achievement. . . . Elvin's book will stand out as a landmark in Chinese social and economic studies." --Ramon H. Myers ,The Journal of Asian Studies, "Every now and then a book appears which by its evidence and boldness of argument redirects our thinking, making us re-examine old problems in unprecedented ways. Such were Marc Bloch's Les caractères originaux de l'histoire rurale française and E.H. Norman's Japan's Emergence as a Modern State . I predict The Pattern of the Chinese Past will achieve similar fame in Chinese historical studies. It is a brilliant achievement. . . . Elvin's book will stand out as a landmark in Chinese social and economic studies." —Ramon H. Myers ,The Journal of Asian Studies, "Every now and then a book appears which by its evidence and boldness of argument redirects our thinking, making us re-examine old problems in unprecedented ways. Such were Marc Bloch's Les caractères originaux de l'histoire rurale française and E.H. Norman's Japan's Emergence as a Modern State . I predict The Pattern of the Chinese Past will achieve similar fame in Chinese historical studies. It is a brilliant achievement. . . . Elvin's book will stand out as a landmark in Chinese social and economic studies." --Ramon H. Myers ,The Journal of Asian Studies, "A book which is without doubt the most lucid and stimulating introduction to the problems of the economic and social history of traditional China at present available. . . . There is so much that is new and stimulating in this book, and it is written with such a nice balance between argument and vivid quotation from primary sources. . . . A superb introduction to the distinctive patterns of Chinese history over the span of two millennia." —E. Wilkinson ,The Economist, "The work will attract attention both for its obvious merits--readability, attention to large and important problems, frequent brilliant historical insights--and because the author's interpretations at times 'depart considerably from the received consensus.'" --Albert Feuerwerker ,The China Quarterly, "The work will attract attention both for its obvious merits—readability, attention to large and important problems, frequent brilliant historical insights—and because the author's interpretations at times 'depart considerably from the received consensus.'" —Albert Feuerwerker ,The China Quarterly, "A book which is without doubt the most lucid and stimulating introduction to the problems of the economic and social history of traditional China at present available. . . . There is so much that is new and stimulating in this book, and it is written with such a nice balance between argument and vivid quotation from primary sources. . . . A superb introduction to the distinctive patterns of Chinese history over the span of two millennia." --E. Wilkinson ,The Economist
Copyright Date
1973
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Asia / China
Lccn
72-078869
Dewey Decimal
309.1/51
Dewey Edition
18
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History
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