Cultural atlas of China /by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin.
Blunden, Caroline,
Cultural atlas of China /by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin. - Rev. edition. - New York : Checkmark Books, (c)1998. - 240 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
"An Andromeda book"--Title page verso.
Space -- The land and its peoples -- The natural environment -- Time -- The Archaic world -- The foundation of a culture -- Neolithic art -- Kinship and kingship -- Bronze age art -- The empire of Qin -- The underground army -- The Imperial age -- Politics and power -- Grand canals -- Art of the Imperial age -- The evolution of society -- Art of the Late Empire -- The Modern age -- Prospect and retrospect -- The film of events -- Art of the modern age -- Contemporary art -- Symbols and society -- Language, writing and calligraphy -- Voices in poetry -- From Confucius to Confucianism -- Religion -- Temple and palace architecture -- Medicine and geomancy -- Principles of mathematics -- Chinese ingenuity -- Ceramics -- Music in society -- Theater -- Family life -- China and the West -- Taiwan -- The Chinese diaspora.
Includes feature articles on Taiwan, the Chinese Diaspora, and China's natural environment with a focus on the water and the Three Gorges Dam project.
9780816038145
DS721 / .C858 1998 DS721
Cultural atlas of China /by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin. - Rev. edition. - New York : Checkmark Books, (c)1998. - 240 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
"An Andromeda book"--Title page verso.
Space -- The land and its peoples -- The natural environment -- Time -- The Archaic world -- The foundation of a culture -- Neolithic art -- Kinship and kingship -- Bronze age art -- The empire of Qin -- The underground army -- The Imperial age -- Politics and power -- Grand canals -- Art of the Imperial age -- The evolution of society -- Art of the Late Empire -- The Modern age -- Prospect and retrospect -- The film of events -- Art of the modern age -- Contemporary art -- Symbols and society -- Language, writing and calligraphy -- Voices in poetry -- From Confucius to Confucianism -- Religion -- Temple and palace architecture -- Medicine and geomancy -- Principles of mathematics -- Chinese ingenuity -- Ceramics -- Music in society -- Theater -- Family life -- China and the West -- Taiwan -- The Chinese diaspora.
Includes feature articles on Taiwan, the Chinese Diaspora, and China's natural environment with a focus on the water and the Three Gorges Dam project.
9780816038145
DS721 / .C858 1998 DS721