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China imagined : from European fantasy to spectacular power, Gregory B. Lee

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If 'China', as Lee argues, is a product of Westernisation, then the West is itself in a process of becoming China. How did China become China? And where is it leading us? We talk as if it had always existed: eternal China with its 5,000 years of uninterrupted history. But the name 'China' was first used by 16th-century Europeans, and its Chinese equivalent, Zhongguo, only gained currency in the mid-1800s. 'China Imagined' is a thoughtful exploration of the idea of China, from the naming and mapping of its territory and peoples to the creation and rise of the modern nation-state
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xxi, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Part one: From China-before-China to China the nation. Introduction ; 1. What and when is China? ; 2. Zhongguo and the historic vocabulary of nationalism ; 3. China, its authorities and the national imaginary ; 4. Women in nationalism's snare ; 5. Illiteracy and the cultural imaginary ; 6. Chinese language? ; 7. The making of a national language ; 8. China-before-China revisited
  • Part two: China becoming a spectacular power. 9. Reading Chinese ; 10. Versailles ; 11. Western 'values'? ; 12. Modern, modernity, modernization : equivalence, totalization and belonging ; 13. China and the global technologico-economic system ; 14. Xi's 'China dream', the technological nightmare and 'hoodlum diplomacy' ; 15. Towards a conclusion ; 16. Coda
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9781787380165
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China imagined : from European fantasy to spectacular power
Title
China imagined
Title remainder
from European fantasy to spectacular power
Statement of responsibility
Gregory B. Lee
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
If 'China', as Lee argues, is a product of Westernisation, then the West is itself in a process of becoming China. How did China become China? And where is it leading us? We talk as if it had always existed: eternal China with its 5,000 years of uninterrupted history. But the name 'China' was first used by 16th-century Europeans, and its Chinese equivalent, Zhongguo, only gained currency in the mid-1800s. 'China Imagined' is a thoughtful exploration of the idea of China, from the naming and mapping of its territory and peoples to the creation and rise of the modern nation-state
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Lee, Gregory B
Dewey number
951
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
DS735
LC item number
.L3875 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • China
  • Acculturation
  • China
  • Civilization
  • Acculturation
  • China
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China imagined : from European fantasy to spectacular power, Gregory B. Lee
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index
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Contents
Part one: From China-before-China to China the nation. Introduction ; 1. What and when is China? ; 2. Zhongguo and the historic vocabulary of nationalism ; 3. China, its authorities and the national imaginary ; 4. Women in nationalism's snare ; 5. Illiteracy and the cultural imaginary ; 6. Chinese language? ; 7. The making of a national language ; 8. China-before-China revisited -- Part two: China becoming a spectacular power. 9. Reading Chinese ; 10. Versailles ; 11. Western 'values'? ; 12. Modern, modernity, modernization : equivalence, totalization and belonging ; 13. China and the global technologico-economic system ; 14. Xi's 'China dream', the technological nightmare and 'hoodlum diplomacy' ; 15. Towards a conclusion ; 16. Coda
Control code
on1030592295
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xxi, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781787380165
Lccn
2018287733
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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illustrations, maps
Label
China imagined : from European fantasy to spectacular power, Gregory B. Lee
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part one: From China-before-China to China the nation. Introduction ; 1. What and when is China? ; 2. Zhongguo and the historic vocabulary of nationalism ; 3. China, its authorities and the national imaginary ; 4. Women in nationalism's snare ; 5. Illiteracy and the cultural imaginary ; 6. Chinese language? ; 7. The making of a national language ; 8. China-before-China revisited -- Part two: China becoming a spectacular power. 9. Reading Chinese ; 10. Versailles ; 11. Western 'values'? ; 12. Modern, modernity, modernization : equivalence, totalization and belonging ; 13. China and the global technologico-economic system ; 14. Xi's 'China dream', the technological nightmare and 'hoodlum diplomacy' ; 15. Towards a conclusion ; 16. Coda
Control code
on1030592295
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xxi, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781787380165
Lccn
2018287733
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps

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