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001 2015001789
003 DLC
005 20151006084219.0
008 150413s2015 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015001789
020 $a9781442221925 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781442221932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $z9781442221949 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aDS754.14$b.S6 2015
082 00 $a951/.03$223
100 1 $aSmith, Richard J.$q(Richard Joseph),$d1944-
240 10 $aChina's cultural heritage.
245 14 $aThe Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture /$cRichard J. Smith.
263 $a1506
264 1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aRevision of the author's China's cultural heritage.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Ming Dynasty legacy -- The founding of the Ming -- The evolution of Ming institutions -- Ming culture -- Conquest and consolidation -- The fall of the Ming and the rise of the Qing -- The Qing empire: a brief overview -- The Qing political order -- Imperial rule and metropolitan offices -- Administrative integration and its limits -- Social and economic institutions -- Social classes and conflicts -- Forms of Chinese socioeconomic organization -- Language and symbolic reference -- Languages of the Qing -- The relationship between language and culture -- Thought -- The world of ideas -- The confucian moral order -- Daoist flight and fancy -- Religion -- State sacrifices -- Buddhism and religious Daoism -- Popular religion -- Arts and crafts -- Attitudes toward art -- Craft productions -- Painting and calligraphy -- Literature -- Categories of classical literature -- Vernacular literature -- Social life -- Early life-cycle ritual -- Marriage and beyond -- Amusements -- The late Qing and beyond, 1860-2014 -- Reform, revolution, and China's inherited culture -- Appendices -- Appendix A: a note on Chinese names -- Appendix B: weights and measures, exchange rates and costs -- Appendix C: regional differences and provincial stereotypes -- Appendix D: glossary of some philosophical concepts -- Appendix E: tables of contents of selected editions of the Wanbao Quanshu (1612, 1636, 1758 and 1828) -- Appendix F: some English-language writings on Honglou Meng (dream of the red chamber).
651 0 $aChina$xCivilization$y1644-1912.