Changing stories in the Chinese world / Mark Elvin.
Changing stories in the Chinese world / Mark Elvin.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N895.1090048/1
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 265 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Inner World of the Early Nineteenth Century: Li Ruzhen, The Destinies of the Flowers in the Mirror -- 2. Unseen Lives: Zhang Yingchang, The Bell of Poesy -- 3. The Crisis of Absurdity: Ping Jinya, Tides in the Human Sea -- 4. The Magic of Moral Power: Hao Ran, The Children of the Western Sand...
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997.
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California
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
This book is an innovative attempt to convey something of how it has felt since the early nineteenth century to be Chinese. It is based on the assumption that people live their lives in stories, or as if they themselves were in stories - stories that are largely a social inheritance but are also in some measure self-created or at least continually...
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Changing stories in the Chinese world / Mark Elvin.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[249]-265)
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N895.1090048/1
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74VMyPEGWkQd
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0804730911 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804730907 (alk. paper)
0804730903 (alk. paper)
9780804730914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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895.1090048
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991001963869702626
