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The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800 Hansen, Valerie (Yale University) Second edition
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The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800
Hansen, Valerie (Yale University)
An innovative approach to early Chinese history, now updated and expanded up to 1800.
Publisher Marketing: The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the open empire to highlight the dynamic, porous nature of China s past. Hansen builds her chronological narrative on a rich variety of archeological and literary sources to flesh out the details of daily life, family relations, and social hierarchies. In the Second Edition, the narrative has been updated with findings from recent scholarship and streamlined throughout to highlight the main themes. A new chapter on the Qing Empire, 1600 1800, carries the story of the open empire up to the birth of modern China."
Contributor Bio: Hansen, Valerie Valerie Hansen received her Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. She is Professor of History at Yale University, where she teaches courses in East Asian history, especially pre-modern China. Her many scholarly publications include CHANGING GODS IN MEDIEVAL CHINA, 1127?1276 (Princeton UP, 1990) and NEGOTIATING DAILY LIFE IN TRADITIONAL CHINA: HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE USED CONTRACTS, 600?1400 (Yale UP, 1995). She is also author of THE OPEN EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF CHINA TO 1600 (WW Norton, 2000) and THE SILK ROAD: A NEW HISTORY (Oxford UP, 2012). As co-author of the Cengage Learning text VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, she contributes chapters 1?15.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 22, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780393938777 |
| Publishers | WW Norton & Co |
| Genre | Cultural Region > Chinese |
| Pages | 496 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 236 × 29 mm · 710 g |
