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The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty
(Chinas Geschichte im Comic - China durch seine Geschichte verstehen #4)
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"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 Wan ...more
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 Wan ...more
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Paperback, 240 pages
Published
November 14th 2017
by Stone Bridge Press
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Oct 11, 2018
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Now that I have read all four volumes, I feel that I can provide a more accurate review.
If you read all four volumes in the correct order, you will be presented with a simplified, graphic portrayal of China's long history in fairly quick and easy reads. Starting from the beginnings of times that at least were documented in some form up to the final volume that ends in 1912, you will encounter a rather comprehensive overview of significant points of Chinese history that changed the country over ...more
If you read all four volumes in the correct order, you will be presented with a simplified, graphic portrayal of China's long history in fairly quick and easy reads. Starting from the beginnings of times that at least were documented in some form up to the final volume that ends in 1912, you will encounter a rather comprehensive overview of significant points of Chinese history that changed the country over ...more
I think this is a great first timer intro into the Chinese history. I'm a Russian/American reader with only a vague idea of some of the wars, colonization and the Christian prosecution in China, so I can't attest to how accurate/biased/thorough given the brevity this book is. I also did not read the other parts in the series. I really liked the illustrations, especially the renderings of an older empress Xi Shi: quite apt to what I think I know about her. What I noticed was that the narrative te
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The last book in the 4 part series on Chinese history by Jing Liu. The book covers the rise of the Ming dynasty and it's long reign. Subsequently the Manchus rise and establish another long reigning dynasty - the Qing Dynasty which is the last monarchy that ruled China. The reasons for the Opium Wars, Sino-Japanese wars and the Boxer Rebellion are well explained.
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My review for this whole series (minus the second book, which my library did not have a copy of) is the same: The author is trying to race through confusing dynasties and philosophy and does that part really well, often at the expense of the art.
Great source for teachers and students of Ming through Qing Dynasty China. Would make a great resource for a study of self strengthening, First Sino-Japanese War, and the causes for growth/retraction of empires for teachers and students working with this period in history.
Jun 12, 2019
louis hubert
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it's a good book
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joy ferguson
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One of a series of four, this is a fun way to read history. It would be good to go with history class.
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