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Creators of Modern China
100 Lives from Empire to Republic 1796-1912 (British Museum)
Langbeschreibung
Brings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the country's transition from dynastic empire to republic.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction by Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell 1. The Court ¿ Emperors, Empresses, Eunuchs, Courtiers and Entertainers Jessica Harrison-Hall 2. Religious Figures - Daoists, Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians Julia Lovell 3. Militarists - Soldiers, Martyrs, Mercenaries and Pirates Julia Lovell 4. Artists ¿ Calligraphers, Epigraphers, Painters, Illustrators and Photographers Jessica Harrison-Hall 5. Observers - Writers, Poets, Translators and Travellers Julia Lovell 6. Business People - Commodity Traders, Financiers, Entrepreneurs and Media Tycoons Jessica Harrison-Hall 7. Statesmen - Campaigners, Reformers, Diplomats and Philosophers Julia Lovell 8. Makers - Craftspeople, Folklorists and Scientists Jessica Harrison-Hall
Jessica Harrison-Hall is head of the China Section, Curator of the Sir Percival David Collections of Chinese Ceramics, and of Chinese Decorative Arts and Ceramics at the British Museum. Julia Lovell is Professor of Chinese History and Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. Her book The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China won the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature in 2012.
ISBN-13:
9780500480809
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
27.04.2023
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Jessica Harrison-Hall
Gewicht:
1093 g
Format:
242x183x40 mm
Sprache:
Englisch