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The Sinitic encounter in Southeast China through the first millennium CE /

This work investigates the ancient integration of lands south of the Yangtze River into China and its impact on Chinese culture. For the past 1000 years the south has been the cultural, demographic, and economic centre of China, but the process whereby this was accomplished has long been overlooked....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, Hugh R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The civilizing mission" and the historiographical context
  • Northern perceptions of the pre-Sinitic south
  • The Sinitic accommodation with the south
  • Social innovation in the eleventh century and the debates on civilization
  • The central coast through the eighth century
  • The Sinitic encounter
  • Cults of the Sinitic era: a narrative of appropriation and civilization
  • Civilizing the god of Baidu: a case study in civilizing strategy
  • Conclusions.