Celestial Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Celestial Empire write by Nathaniel Isaacson. This book was released on 2017-02-07. Celestial Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Challenging assumptions about science fiction's Western origins, Nathaniel Isaacson traces the development of the genre in China, from the late Qing Dynasty through the New Culture Movement. Through careful examination of a wide range of visual and print media—including historical accounts of the institutionalization of science, pictorial representations of technological innovations, and a number of novels and short stories—Isaacson makes a case for understanding Chinese science fiction as a product of colonial modernity. By situating the genre's emergence in the transnational traffic of ideas and material culture engendered by the presence of colonial powers in China's economic and political centers, Celestial Empires explores the relationship between science fiction and Orientalist discourse. In doing so it offers an innovative approach to the study of both vernacular writing in twentieth-century China and science fiction in a global context.
Celestial Empire
Celestial Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Celestial Empire write by Nathan Woolley. This book was released on 2016-01-01. Celestial Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Celestial Empire shows the wealth and cultural richness of the Qing dynasty, which ruled China for nearly three centuries, as seen through rare materials from the National Library of China and the National Library of Australia. The book is illustrated with stunning images, from woodblock printed books to colourful maps, making accessible a wealth of culture from China’s last imperial dynasty. Many works that appear in the book have never been seen outside China before, or presented in English. Examples include painted scrolls of scenic and sacred sites, maps detailing a variety of landscapes, woodblock illustrations demonstrating extraordinary skill and artistic vision and delightful folk art used on festive occasions. The book also includes architectural drawings produced for the Imperial court of iconic locations such as the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. A visually beautiful book that gives insight into the dynasty that laid the foundations of modern China.
The Opium War, 1840-1842
The Opium War, 1840-1842 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Opium War, 1840-1842 write by Peter Ward Fay. This book was released on 2000-11-09. The Opium War, 1840-1842 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with this quarter of the globe-- the process that is loosely termed the "opening of China." Originally published by UNC Press in 1975, Peter Ward Fay's study was the first to treat extensively the opium trade from the point of production in India to the point of consumption in China and the first to give both Protestant and Catholic missionaries their due; it remains the most comprehensive account of the first Opium War through western eyes. In a new preface, Fay reflects on the relationship between the events described in the book and Hong Kong's more recent history.
The Imperial Capitals of China
The Imperial Capitals of China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Imperial Capitals of China write by Arthur Cotterell. This book was released on 2008-05-29. The Imperial Capitals of China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This history of China’s imperial capital cities reveals “a picaresque chronicle of dynastic succession and court intrigue” across millennia (Publishers Weekly). Throughout the long history of Imperial China, emperors designed their capital cities in ways that reveal the heart of their dynasty. The ley lines of these cities reveal religious preoccupations, while the design of important buildings tells us much about the cultural influences of the period. The Shang Emperor of the third century B.C. made obsessive—and ultimately fatal—attempts to engage the Immortals with cosmologically pleasing urban planning. Meanwhile, the Tang capital at Chang'an betrays the striking creativity and cultural receptiveness that earmark the era as a literary and artistic golden age. And the Forbidden City of fifteenth century Beijing still stands as testament to Ming dynasty architectural virtuosity. Arthur Cotterell provides an inside view of the rich array of characters, political and ideological tensions, and technological genius that defined the imperial cities of China, as each in turn is uncovered, explored, and celebrated. The oldest continuous civilization in existence today stands to become the most influential.
Astrology and Cosmology in Early China
Astrology and Cosmology in Early China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Astrology and Cosmology in Early China write by David W. Pankenier. This book was released on 2013-10-10. Astrology and Cosmology in Early China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on a vast array of scholarship, this pioneering text illustrates how profoundly astronomical phenomena shaped ancient Chinese civilization.
