Description: Longmen's Stone Buddhas and Cultural Heritage: When Antiquity Met Modernity in China (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives) [Paperback] Wang, Dong Product Overview This thoroughly researched book provides the first comprehensive history of how a UNESCO World Heritage site on the Central China Plain, Longmen’s caves and the Buddhist statuary of Luoyang, was rediscovered in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Drawing on original research and archival sources in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, and Swedish, as well as extensive fieldwork, Dong Wang traces the ties between cultural heritage and modernity, detailing how this historical monument has been understood from antiquity to the present. She highlights the manifold traffic and expanded contact between China and other countries as these nations were reorienting themselves in order to adapt their own cultural traditions to newly industrialized and industrializing societies. Unknown to much of the world, Longmen and its mesmerizing modern history takes readers to the heartland of China, known as “Chinese Babylon” a century ago. With remarkable depth and breadth, this book unravels both a bygone and a continuing human pursuit of artefacts—shared, spiritual, modern, and above all beautiful that have linked so many lives, Chinese and foreign. Read more Details Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 2, 2020) Language : English Paperback : 314 pages ISBN-10 : 1538141116 ISBN-13 : 13 Item Weight : 1.1 pounds Dimensions : 6.12 x 0.78 x 9.07 inches Best Sellers Rank: #5,034,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,831 in Buddhist History (Books) #9,309 in Chinese History (Books) #10,132 in Archaeology (Books) #1,831 in Buddhist History (Books) #9,309 in Chinese History (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 1538141116
ISBN10: 1538141116
ISBN13: 9781538141113
EAN: 9781538141113
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Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
GTIN: 09781538141113
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Longmen's Stone Buddhas and Cultural Heritage : When Antiquity Met Modernity in China
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Subject: Asia / General, Asia / China
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Subject Area: History
Author: Dong Wang
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
