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Emotions Across Cultures: Ancient China and Greece
Emotions Across Cultures: Ancient China and Greece brings together nine distinguished scholars working with modern and ancient texts from China and Greece to investigate emotional history’s potential to address cross-cultural and trans-historical...
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1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
Globalization is a current buzzword in business, communications, and politics, especially in this early part of the 21st century. Traditional American historical interpretations focus on the post-World War II era of the 1950s and 1960s as...
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China in World History (New Oxford World History series)
This is a volume in the New Oxford World History series. According to the Editor’s Preface, the aim of this series is to "offer readers an informed, up-to-date and lively history of the world" that avoids the ethnocentric bias of traditional...
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The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties of China
The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties of China by Vic Kovaks is a part of the Ancient Cultures and Civilizations series. It is designed for younger children aiming to pique their interest in and educate them about ancient cultures...
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Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty
Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty by Charles Benn is an excellent resource as well as very entertaining reading. Charles Benn's writing style is very easy and accessible and makes for a really enjoyable experience. I think...
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China: A History, Volume I From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire
China: A History Volume I - From Neolthic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire by Harold M. Tanner is very clear history of China from prehistoric times to 1799 CE. I have not found that there is a Volume II available but, when or if it...
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The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth
The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth by Arthur Waldron covers the history of the Great Wall and the myths which have developed around it. Many people still believe, for example that the Great Wall is the only man-made structure on...
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The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records (Oxford World's Classics)
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records by Sima Qian, translated by Raymond Dawson is an abridged version of Sima Qian's much longer history. Sima Qian (145-86 BCE) is known as the Grand Historian of China and an important...
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Your Travel Guide to Ancient China (Passport to History)
Your Travel Guide to Ancient China (Passport to History) by Josepha Sherman is a children's book, written for ages 9 and older and targeted for a grade-level of 4 and up, but any adult reader will enjoy this book and get a great deal out...
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The Silk Road: A New History
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce. As the Silk Road was not a single thoroughfare from east to west, the term 'Silk...
