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The making of modern China : the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty 1368-1912 / Jing Liu.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding China through comics ; v. 4.Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Stone Bridge Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 182 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781611720396
  • 1611720397
Other title:
  • Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty 1368-1912
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
From penniless farm boy to emperor of China -- The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 -- The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912.
Summary: "The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series covers the stunningly productive Ming dynasty and its fall to the Manchus under the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. The book also addresses Wang Yangming's School of Mind and the painful process of modernization and conflict with the West and Japan, including the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion."--Amazon.com.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Graphic Novel 951.026 L783 Checked out 07/13/2024 33111008850360
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read." -- Asian Review of Books on Division to Unification in Imperial China

The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series covers the stunningly productive Ming dynasty and its fall to the Manchus under the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. The book also addresses Wang Yangming's School of Mind and the painful process of modernization and conflict with the West and Japan, including the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion. Includes timeline.

Jing Liu is a Beijing- and Davis, CA-based designer and entrepreneur who uses his artistry to tell the story of China.

From penniless farm boy to emperor of China -- The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 -- The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912.

"The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series covers the stunningly productive Ming dynasty and its fall to the Manchus under the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. The book also addresses Wang Yangming's School of Mind and the painful process of modernization and conflict with the West and Japan, including the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion."--Amazon.com.

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