Guangqiu Xu, "World Eras: Imperial China (617-1644)"

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'World Eras' is patterned after the award-winning 'American Decade's' series. Covering areas often overlooked by other publications, 'World Eras' provides a multicultural approach that directly reflects changing curriculum standards, with a cross-disciplinary overview of world history and a strong emphasis of daily life and social history.

Each volume in this set contains in-depth coverage of one era and is organized into ten chapters:

• World events – A Chronology
• Geography
• The Arts – Sculpture, Architecture, Painting and Music
• Communications, Transportation and Exploration
• Social class Systems and the Economy – focusing on social-economic hierarchy
• Politics, Law and the Military
• Leisure, Recreation and Daily life – housing, clothing, food, education, etc.
• Family and Social Trends – customs, beliefs, roles and responsibilities
• Religion and Philosophy
• Science, Technology and Health


Each volume includes an introductory essay that provides context and overview of the era written by a scholar in the field and will contain 150 photographs, line drawings, diagrams, illustrations and sidebars. Each chapter within a volume includes an introductory essay, a timeline, entries on specific topics, events or movements, biographies of prominent individuals, and important publications of the era. A glossary of subject-specific terms appears at the end of the book.

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