Ebook > Human Sciences > Art / Architecture > Art History > James A. Cook & Joshua Goldstein: Visualizing Modern China (ePUB)

James A. Cook & Joshua Goldstein
Visualizing Modern China
Image, History, and Memory, 1750-Present

Support

Cover of James A. Cook & Joshua Goldstein: Visualizing Modern China (ePUB)

Visualizing Modern China: Image, History, and Memory, 1750Present offers a sophisticated yet accessible interpretation of modern Chinese history through visual imagery. With rich illustrations and a companion website, it is an ideal textbook for college-level courses on modern Chinese history and on modern visual culture. The introduction provides a methodological framework and historical overview, while the chronologically arranged chapters use engaging case studies to explore important themes. Topics include: Qing court ritual, rebellion and war, urban/rural relations, art and architecture, sports, the Chinese diaspora, state politics, film propaganda and censorship, youth in the Cultural Revolution, environmentalism, and Internet culture.Companion website: http://visualizingmodernchina.org

€54.01

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780739190449 ● Editor James A. Cook & Joshua Goldstein ● Publisher Lexington Books ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3400443 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

James A. Cook Joshua Goldstein Matthew D. Johnson Sigrid Schmalzer

9,482 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Andrew A. Anderson: Configurations of a Cultural Scene

Andrew A. Anderson: Configurations of a Cultural Scene

Throughout the 1920s, a remarkable number of young writers and artists lived and worked in Madrid, creating an atmosphere of effervescence and an upsurge in creativity that has rarely been equalled. …

Cover of Parviz Tanavoli: European Women in Persian Houses

Parviz Tanavoli: European Women in Persian Houses

During the course of the 19th century, a relatively modern medium entered the private space of Iranian houses of the wealthy and became a popular feature of interior design in Persia. This was print …

Cover of Elaine Cheasley Paterson & Susan Surette: Craft and Heritage

Elaine Cheasley Paterson & Susan Surette: Craft and Heritage

This collection of 19 original essays argues for a critical and sustained engagement between the fields of craft and heritage. The book”s interdisciplinary and international array of authors …

Cover of Amy Buono & Sven Dupre: A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance

Amy Buono & Sven Dupre: A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transformation. Innovations in color production transformed the material world of the …

Cover of Professor Julie Lund & Dr Sarah Semple: A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age

Professor Julie Lund & Dr Sarah Semple: A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and understanding of human-made objects and their consequences and impacts. The power and …

Cover of Professor John Chenoweth & Professor Laurie Wilkie: A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age

Professor John Chenoweth & Professor Laurie Wilkie: A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period 1900 to today, a time marked by massive global changes in production, transportation, and information-sharing in a post-colonial …

Cover of Prof Susan M. Canning: The Social Context of James Ensor’s Art Practice

Prof Susan M. Canning: The Social Context of James Ensor’s Art Practice

“ Vive la Sociale”: This rousing, revolutionary statement, written on a bright red banner across the top of James Ensor”s Christ”s Entry into Brussels in 1889, served as a visual manifesto and …

Cover of Robert Dimery: Design Monograph: Hadid

Robert Dimery: Design Monograph: Hadid

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discuss …

Cover of Robert Dimery: Design Monograph: Foster

Robert Dimery: Design Monograph: Foster

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discuss …

Cover of Rafael Torrubia: Black Power and the American People

Rafael Torrubia: Black Power and the American People

While the history of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement, from Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King, is one of the great American stories of the twentieth century, the related Black Power movement has …