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• Title:China : a history in objects / Jessica Harrison-Hall.
  
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• Author/Creator:Harrison-Hall, Jessica, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:British Museum.
  
• Published/Created:London : New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2018.
  ©2017
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at KOERNER LIBRARY reserve collection (Floor 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS706 .H373 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Material culture--China.
  Material culture--China--Pictorial works.
  China--Antiquities.
  China--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
  China--History.
  China--History--Pictorial works.
  
• Genre/Form:Illustrated works.
  
• Description:351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:This illustrated introduction to the history of China offers a fresh understanding of China's progress from the Neolithic age to the present. Told in six chapters arranged chronologically, through art, artifacts, people, and places, and richly illustrated with expertly selected objects and artworks, it firmly connects today's China with its internationally engaged past. From the earliest archaeological relics and rituals, through the development of writing and state, to the advent of empire, the author charts China's transformation from ancient civilization into the world's most populous nation and influential economy, offering historical insights and cultural treasures along the way. This accessible book presents an eclectic mix of materials including Chinese theater, the decorative arts, costume, jewelry, and furniture-making, running through to the most recent diffusion of Chinese culture.
  
• Notes:"The British Museum."
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-345) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780500519707 (hardback)
  0500519706 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Early China
  5000-221 BC
  2. Empires
  221 BC
  AD
  3. Emperors, scholars and merchants
  960
  1279
  4. Mongols and Ming
  1271
  1644
  5. Qing: the last dynasty
  1644
  1911
  6. Modern China
  1911
  present.