Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization

Paul S. Ropp

University of California Press, 1990 - History - 369 pages

The thirteen essays in this volume, all by experts in the field of Chinese studies, reflect the diversity of approaches scholars follow in the study of China's past. Together they reveal the depth and vitality of Chinese civilization and demonstrate how an understanding of traditional China can enrich and broaden our own contemporary worldview.

About the author

Paul S. Ropp is Associate Professor of History at Clark University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization
• Editor: Paul S. Ropp
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1990
• ISBN: 0520064402, 9780520064409
• Length: 369 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / China; History / Asia / General