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Available
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Collection
Publication
The Great Courses (2004), 18 hours, 36 lectures
Description
A thirty-six lecture course that explores the history and culture of China.
User reviews
LibraryThing member librarianbryan
So boring it felt like 5000 years for this to be over. That's a little harsh, because really this is just too large a period of time for anything other than a general overview. Hammond wasn't best speaker I've heard in this series either. At 18 discs, maybe it would have been better just to hit the
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Wikipedia entry about China first and then go from there. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
7.6 inches
Local notes
[1] Geography and archaeology [2] First dynasties [3] Zhou conquest [4] Fragmentation and social change [5] Confucianism and Daoism [6] Hundred schools [7] Early Han dynasty [8] Later Han and three kingdoms [9] Buddhism [10] Northern and southern dynasties [11] Sui reunification and rise of Tang [12] Early Tang dynasty [13] Han Yu and late Tang [14] Five dynasties and Song founding [15] Intellectual ferment in 11th century [16] Art and way [17] Conquest states in North [18] Economy and society in southern Song [19] Zhu Xi and neo-Confucianism [20] Rise of Mongols [21] Yuan dynasty [22] Rise of Ming [23] Ming golden age [24] Gridlock and crisis [25] Rise of Manchus [26] Kangxi to Qianlong [27] Coming of West [28] Threats from within and without [29] Taiping Heavenly Kingdom [30] Efforts at reform [31] Fall of empire [32] New Culture Movement and May 4th [33] Chinese Communists, 1921–1937 [34] War and revolution [35] China under Mao [36] China and world in a new century