{"product_id":"chinas-hidden-century-1796-1912-9780295751856","title":"China's Hidden Century: 1796-1912","description":"\u003cp\u003eCultural creativity in China between 1796 and 1912 demonstrated extraordinary resilience in a time of warfare, land shortages, famine, and uprisings. Innovation can be seen in material culture (including print, painting, calligraphy, textiles, jewelry, ceramics, lacquer, arms and armor, and photography) during a century in which China's art, literature, crafts, and technology faced unprecedented exposure to global influences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil recently the nineteenth century in China has been defined as an era of cultural stagnation. Built on new research, this book sets out a fresh understanding of this important period and creates a detailed visual account of responses to war, technology, urbanization, political transformations, and external influences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narratives are brought to life and individualized through illustrated biographical accounts that highlight the diversity of voices and experiences contributing to this fascinating, turbulent period in Chinese history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates: British Museum, May-October 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJessica Harrison-Hall\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eChina's Hidden Century\u003c\/i\u003e, head of the China Section, and curator of the Sir Percival David Collections and of Chinese Decorative Arts and Ceramics at the British Museum. She is author of \u003ci\u003eChina: A History in Objects\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of modern China at Birkbeck, University of London. Her book \u003ci\u003eThe Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China\u003c\/i\u003e won the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature in 2012 and her book \u003ci\u003eMaoism: A Global History \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2019 Cundill History Prize. \u003cb\u003eMei Mei Rado\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of History of Dress, Textiles and Decorative Arts, Bard Graduate Center. \u003cb\u003eStephen R. Platt\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Chinese History, University of Massachussetts, Amherst. \u003cb\u003eChia-ling Yang\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Chinese Art, University of Edinburgh. \u003cb\u003eAnne Gerritsen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History, University of Warwick. \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Wasserstrom\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor's Professor of History, University of California, Irvine. \u003cb\u003eWenyuan Xin\u003c\/b\u003e is Project Curator for the exhibition China's hidden century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719642845458,"sku":"9780295751856","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_97b93472-f14c-44be-9924-ef381589b54c.jpg?v=1734669285","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chinas-hidden-century-1796-1912-9780295751856","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}