The Chinese : (Record no. 46156)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS706 |
| Item number | .L3 1947 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Latourette, Kenneth Scott |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Chinese : |
| Remainder of title | their history and culture/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Kenneth Scott Latourette |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Macmillan, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1946, c1947 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 847 p. |
| Other physical details | ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Volume 1. Geography and its influence on the Chinese -- The beginnings of Chinese civilization (to 221 B.C.) -- The formation of the empire -- the Ch'in and Han dynasties (221 B.C. -- A.D. 220) -- A striking change : divisions, foreign invasions, and cultural innovations from the close of the Han to the beginning of the Sui dynasty (A.D. 220-589) -- Reunion and renewed advance. The Sui (A.D. 589-618) and T'ang (A.D. 618-907) dynasties -- Political weakness but cultural brilliance. The five dynasties and the ten kingdoms (A.D. 907-960) The Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1279) -- China under the rule of the Mongols (A.D. 1279-1368) -- The Ch'ing (Manchu) dynasty. Its heyday and the beginning of its decline (A.D. 1644-1838) -- The transformation wrought by the impact of the occident : I. The empire is shaken by wars with western European powers and the resulting treaties and by internal rebellions (A.D. 1839-1860) -- The transformation wrought by the impact of the occident : II. Partial recovery from the shocks of the preceding two decades : the restoration of internal order but the slow permeation of the empire by occidental trade and ideas and the failure to accommodate the old to the new (A.D. 1861-1893) -- The transformation wrought by the impact of the occident : III. The crumbling of the structure of the old culture and the foreshadowing of the new (A.D. 1894-1945) -- The transformation wrought by the impact of the occident : IV. The Communists capture the mainland and undertake the thorough remaking of China (A.D. 1945- ) -- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | China.China -- History.China -- Civilization. |
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