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Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Examine the lives of commoners and kings from the Middle Kingdom with You Are There! Ancient China 305 BC. Take a tour of the different dynasties and important aspects of Ancient Chinese culture, such as calligraphy, language, philosophers, Confucius' sayings, and more. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and Lori Oczkus, and featuring TIME content, this book builds reading skills and includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 176
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Publisher: China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese "economic miracle." It is a country of contradictions and transitions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, an ancient civilization that is modernizing as rapidly as possible, a walled-off nation that is increasingly at the center...
Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (4 volumes (2312 pages)) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Provides critical information on the most populous country and most dynamic trade market in the world: the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this ancient and enduring civilization are explored from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This A to Z children's pictorial covers topics such as Beijing, Dragon Dance, Himalayan Mountain Range, Mongolians, and the giant panda. Each subject is introduced with a simple rhyme for younger readers. Expository text is also included for older readers"--Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A detailed overview of China's contributions to the natural, artistic, and technological worlds features writings by a range of academic experts and pays tribute to such innovations as the compass, gunpowder, and printing, in a visual guide that documents both famous and lesser-known attributes.
11) The Chinese knew
Author
Pub. Date
1958
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xxiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
If Chairman Mao came back to life today, what would he think of Nanjings bookstore, the Librairie Avant-Garde, where it is easier to find primers on Michel Foucaults philosophy than copies of the Little Red Book? What does it really mean to order a latte at Starbucks in Beijing? Is it possible that Aldous Huxley wrote a novel even more useful than Orwells 1984 for making sense of post-Tiananmen Chinaor post-9/11 America?
In these often playful, always...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of ancient China from weaponry and tools to attire and religious practices. Features images of artifacts along with clues to unlocking the purpose of the item. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
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