魏根深（Endymion Wilkinson）主编《中國歷史新手冊》出版

Chinese History：A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition)

作者：Endymion Wilkinson

出版时间：05/03/2022

出版社：哈佛大学出版

定价：$45.00 • £36.95 • €40.50

ISBN 9780674260238

本书简介

Endymion Wilkinson’s bestselling Chinese History: A New Manual has been continuously in print for fifty years. It has achieved this unusual distinction because the author expanded its scope with each new edition. In the process it has grown from a modest research guide to Chinese imperial history into an encyclopedic, 1.7-million-word introduction to Chinese civilization and the primary and secondary resources and research problems for all periods of Chinese history. In recognition of its unique value, the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (France) awarded the third edition the Stanislas Julien Prize, and in 2016, Peking University Press published the entire Manual in a three-volume Chinese edition.

The sixth edition of the Manual has been revised and expanded throughout to include the latest developments in digital tools and the two dozen ancillary disciplines essential for work on Chinese history. In addition, its temporal coverage has been extended to the death of Chairman Mao.

In celebration of a half century of continuous publication, the enlarged sixth edition consists of two volumes. Volume 1 covers topics ranging from Language, Education, and the Arts to Science, Technology, and the Environment. Volume 2 presents primary and secondary sources chronologically by period from the Neolithic

作者简介

魏根深（Endymion Wilkinson），学者、外交官，在东京、布鲁塞尔、曼谷、北京任职30余年，1994—2001年间任欧盟驻中国、蒙古国大使，现为哈佛大学费正清中心研究员，北京大学中国古代史研究中心兼职研究员。致力于中日历史研究，著有Studies in Chinese Price History, 1980; Japan Versus the West, 1990等。

Reviews

Praise for the 2015 edition:

“A unique resource. A must for every serious student of Chinese history and culture.”—Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania

Praise for the 2013 edition:

“[An] unparalleled collection of Chinese facts and analysis, reaching from the earliest recorded times to the late twentieth century… It comprises fourteen supremely learned ‘book-length parts’ in seventy-six chapters, including entries on language, people, geography, and the environment, on ideas and beliefs, and on technology and science… What is most fascinating for me and, I suppose, older China hands, is Wilkinson’s passion for minutiae… [A] mighty book… Magnificent.”—Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review of Books blog

“The recent publication of Wilkinson’s Chinese History: A New Manual…was and remains a major event… [It] is in many ways an entirely new organism that is quite different from its predecessors. It incorporates a million new words of text and substantially new material… The book is, in every way, absolutely indispensable to work in Chinese history.”—Carla Nappi, New Books in East Asian Studies

“[A] thoroughly revised and updated edition of eminent Chinese history expert Dr. Endymion Wilkinson’s classic text… An important reference text for anyone wanting to understand how China became what it is today—and where it might be headed.”—William Yeoman, West Australian

Praise for the 2000 edition:

“Endymion Wilkinson has created an extremely useful navigational guide in English to the vast ocean of China’s long traditional civilization. Because of its many strong points it can be considered one of a kind, a unique work… There are numerous points that distinguish this manual as a work of the first rank, a collection that will be utilized and referenced by scholars for decades to come.”—Ronald Suleski, China Review International

“The content of this book is extremely rich… One has to admire the effort and ability the author has shown in tracing down some of the obscure publications from less well-known publishers… This book will doubtless become the essential buyers’ guide for every librarian of sinology for months to come!”—Wang Tao, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society