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  • The Oxford Handbook of the History and Practice of Chinese Archaeology

    Edited by Anke Hein, Julia Lovell ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Archaeology publications tend to focus on the history of archaeology through a lens of an account and summary of discoveries without considering the contexts (cultural, intellectual, political, economic) of knowledge production that have shaped the course of these discoveries, the research questions asked, and the practice of the discipline. Chinese archaeology in particular has been presented ... Read more

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  • Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage

    Series series Routledge Research on Museums and Heritage in Asia
    Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of "authenticity" and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritage—those objects, texts, and intangible practices concerned with China’s past.Including contributions from scholars around the world reflecting on a range of different materials and time periods, Understanding Authenticity emphasizes the ... Read more

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  • The Discourse of Race in Modern China

    First published in 1992, The Discourse of Race in Modern China rapidly became a classic, showing for the first time on the basis of detailed evidence how and why racial categorisation became so widespread in China. After the country's devastating defeat against Japan in 1895, leading reformers like Yan Fu, Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei turned away from the Confucian classics to seek enlightenment ... Read more

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  • From the Soil

    The Foundations of Chinese Society

    by Xiaotong Fei ...
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  • Archaeology of East Asia

    The Rise of Civilization in China, Korea and Japan

    Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes a regional view across China, Korea, Japan and their peripheries that is unbounded by modern state lines. This viewpoint emphasizes how the region drew on indigenous developments and exterior stimuli to produce agricultural technologies, craft ... Read more

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