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Teach Yourself World Cultures: China (Teach Yourself Languages)

 
Teach Yourself World Cultures: China (Teach Yourself Languages)   Author: Kenneth Wilkinson
By Teach Yourself Books
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5

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Product Details
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 401
EAN: 9780340811436
ISBN: 0340811439
Label: Teach Yourself Books
Manufacturer: Teach Yourself Books
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2004-02-27
Publisher: Teach Yourself Books
Studio: Teach Yourself Books
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Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Stellar Overview, 2006-04-04
I read this book during a holiday in Beijing, and was thrilled to find that it covers almost every aspect of the life I was seeing around me in China -- and well! I kept reading something in the book, then seeing what the author described enacted on the street in front of me the next day, behaviours that I wouldn't have noticed or understood without having read this book first. It's a broad overview, but within the vast range of topics that he covers, the author manages to convey the depth of real truths concisely and amusingly. He also explains the realities of politics and the increasingly commercialised life of China and how that intersection plays itself out in daily life and the attitudes of the populace, vital stuff for understanding the China of today.

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 China in a nutshell, 2006-04-13
This is a fantastic look at China and its people and cultures in as few pages as possible while providing a wealth of information. I love these Teach Yourself books as they are a great starting point for anyone who is starting out in getting to know a place.

This book has chapters on the country (land, climate, people, political leaders etc), the language (how it's made up and how it came to be like it is), Chinese religion and philosophy, festivals and folklore, literature, art & atchitecture etc. All the chapters give bite sized information about the subjects which is certainly enough to give an understanding but, very improtantly at the end of each chapter there are lists of books and websites that you can visit if you want to further your understanding on any of the topics.

If you want to learn about China in a nutshell then this is definitely worth a read. it's a great book to dip in and out of too.