Song Full of Tears: Nine Centuries of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake
| AUTHOR | Schoppa, R. Keith |
| PUBLISHER | Basic Books (11/14/2002) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the 18th century, Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was the stage for morality battles between loyalty and betrayal, chastity and impurity, civic virtue and private greed. After the 18th century, concerns about ecology, public rights, and technology emerged as elements in the struggle, and in the 20th century, the fate of the lake became linked to national political developments and then to technological and ecological realities. Song Full of Tears shows how Chinese views of life, society, and nature both changed and remained constant through the centuries. The paperback will include a new epilogue by the author.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780813340203
ISBN-10:
0813340209
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
312
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
5.60 x 0.85 x 8.26 inches
Weight:
0.95 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Maps,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
History | Asia - China
History | History
History | World - General
Dewey Decimal:
951.215
Library of Congress Control Number:
2003265733
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Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the 18th century, Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was the stage for morality battles between loyalty and betrayal, chastity and impurity, civic virtue and private greed. After the 18th century, concerns about ecology, public rights, and technology emerged as elements in the struggle, and in the 20th century, the fate of the lake became linked to national political developments and then to technological and ecological realities. Song Full of Tears shows how Chinese views of life, society, and nature both changed and remained constant through the centuries. The paperback will include a new epilogue by the author.
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Author:
Schoppa, R. Keith
R. Keith Schoppa is Professor of History and Chair of both the Department of History and the East Asian Studies Program at Valparaiso University. He is the author of "Chinese Elites and Political Change" (1982) and "Xiang Lake: Nine Centuries of Chinese Life" (1989).
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