Cultural atlas of China / by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin. [print]

"An Andromeda book"--Title page verso.

part 1. Space -- The land and its peoples -- The natural environment -- part 2. 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 -- part 3. 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.

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