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China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture
- Author / Creator
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- Online
Details
- Creator
- Steven Wallech
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016
- 2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
- ISBNs
- 9781118879962, 1118879961
- OCLC
- ocn935251594, on1347025651
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Maps -- Timeline -- 1 The Paradox of Agriculture and its Impact on China and Western Civilization -- The Oldest Paradox -- Chinese Agriculture -- The First Chinese Dynasties -- Roman Agriculture -- Italian Agriculture -- Egypt -- The Levant and Mesopotamia -- Greece -- Overview of the Roman Economy -- 2 Ancient Philosophy -- The Chinese Quest for Stability -- Implementing Legalism: Li Si and the Qin Dynasty -- The Han Dynasty -- The Greek Worldview: Part One-the Problem -- The Greek Worldview: Part Two-the Quest for a Solution -- The Roman Worldview -- The Kosmopolite -- Christianity -- 3 The Nomads -- Two Incompatible Lifestyles: Nomads versus Farmers -- The Persistent Nomadic Threat, Cannon, and China's Three Main Issues -- The Silk Road: Revelation of a Deadly Paradox of Culture -- Loyalty, the State, and Paradise Lost -- An Era of Chaos -- The Fall of Rome -- Chinese Potential for Reunification versus Western Fragmentation -- 4 Contrasting Medieval China and Europe -- Unexpected Consequences -- Revisiting the Paradox of Agriculture -- The Sui Dynasty (581-618) -- The Tang Dynasty (618-906) and the Rejuvenation of China -- The Song (960-1279): The Golden Age Continues -- A Nomadic Interlude -- Evolution of Feudalism during the Fall of Rome -- Medieval Agriculture: The Rise of Feudalism -- The Late Middle Ages (1300-1500) -- Contrasting Systems: A Unified China versus a Fragmented Europe -- 5 China and Medieval Europe -- The Economy, Administration, and Formation of a Chinese Orthodoxy -- Foundations of a Medieval European Orthodoxy -- A Revival of Learning: The Medieval Orthodoxy -- Conclusions -- 6 The Nomad Apogee of Power -- The Paradox of Culture Springs a Trap -- Mongol Conquest and Rule -- The Yuan Dynasty: A Century of Uneven Rule
- The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) -- The Qing: The Second Nomadic Regime to Rule China (1644-1911) -- 7 Modernization -- Germanic Europe during the Early Middle Ages -- China does not Modernize: The Pitfalls of Tradition -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- End User License Agreement