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Author : W. W. Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sketches of China written by W. W. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lihe Zhong
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231166303
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)
Download or read book From the Old Country written by Lihe Zhong and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though he lived mostly in rural South Taiwan, Zhong Lihe (1915–1960) spent several years in Manchuria and Peking, moving among an eclectic mix of ethnicities, classes, and cultures. His fictional portraits unfold on Japanese battlefields and in Peking slums, as well as in the remote, impoverished hill-country villages and farms of Zhong Lihe’s native Hakka districts. His scenic descriptions are deft and atmospheric, and his psychological explorations are acute. The first anthology to present his work in English, this volume features two novellas, ten short stories, and four short prose works.
Author : John Francis Davis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
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Download or read book Sketches of China written by John Francis Davis and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Allen Giles
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chinese Sketches written by Herbert Allen Giles and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sir John Francis Davis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sketches of China written by Sir John Francis Davis and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W W Wood
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019805718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sketches of China written by W W Wood and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sketches of China provides a fascinating account of the author's travels in China during the mid-19th century. Wood's book describes his vivid observations on daily life, manners, and customs of the Chinese people, their religious beliefs, and the intricate workings of Chinese society. The book contains many beautiful pen and ink drawings and provides a unique insight into China's history and its people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Louise Edwards
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029574703X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)
Download or read book Citizens of Beauty written by Louise Edwards and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century China’s most famous commercial artists promoted new cultural and civic values through sketches of idealized modern women in journals, newspapers, and compendia called One Hundred Illustrated Beauties. This genre drew upon a centuries-old tradition of books featuring illustrations of women who embodied virtue, desirability, and Chinese cultural values, and changes in it reveal the foundational value shifts that would bring forth a democratic citizenry in the post-imperial era. The illustrations presented ordinary readers with tantalizing visions of the modern lifestyles that were imagined to accompany Republican China’s new civic consciousness. Citizens of Beauty is the first book to explore the One Hundred Illustrated Beauties in order to compare social ideals during China’s shift from imperial to Republican times. The book contextualizes the social and political significance of the aestheticized female body in a rapidly changing genre, showing how progressive commercial artists used images of women to promote a vision of Chinese modernity that was democratic, mobile, autonomous, and free from the crippling hierarchies and cultural norms of old China.
Author : Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368318330
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chinese Sketches written by Herbert Allen Giles and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-11-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Author : Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher : Bibliotech Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)
Download or read book Historic China written by Herbert Allen Giles and published by Bibliotech Press. This book was released on 1882 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanisation system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese romanisation system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese-English Dictionary. Herbert A. Giles was the fourth son of John Allen Giles (1808-1884), an Anglican clergyman. After studying at Charterhouse, Herbert became a British diplomat to Qing China, serving from 1867 to 1892. He also spent several years (1885-1888) at Fort Santo Domingo in Tamsui, northern Taiwan. He was the father of Bertram, Valentine, Lancelot, Edith, Mable, and Lionel Giles. In 1897 Herbert Giles became only the second professor of Chinese language appointed at the University of Cambridge, succeeding Thomas Wade. At the time of his appointment, there were no other sinologists at Cambridge. Giles was therefore free to spend most of his time among the ancient Chinese texts earlier donated by Wade, publishing what he chose to translate from his eclectic reading in Chinese literature. His later works include a history of the Chinese Pictorial Art in 1905 and his 1914 Hibbert Lectures on Confucianism which was published in 1915 by Williams and Norgate. He dedicated the third edition of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1916) to his seven grandchildren, but at the end of his life was on speaking terms with only one of his surviving children. An ardent agnostic, he was also an enthusiastic freemason. He never became a Fellow at one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge, despite being a university professor for 35 years. He finally retired in 1932, and died at 89. (wikipedia.org)
Author : Meiqin Wang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429853637
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Download or read book Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China written by Meiqin Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in China’s top-down, pro-urban, and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations. It focuses on the socially conscious practices of eight art professionals who assume the role of artist, critic, curator, educator, cultural entrepreneur, and social activist, among others, as they strive to expose the injustice and inequality many Chinese people have suffered, raise public awareness of pressing social and environmental problems, and invent new ways and infrastructures to support various underprivileged social groups.
