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Routledge Mapping China and Managing the World - Routledge Asia Studies

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Explore how imperial China developed sophisticated systems of order and cosmology through this comprehensive academic study. Richard J. Smith examines the cultural preoccupation with zhi (order) from the Qin dynasty through the present day, tracing how this concept shaped China's bureaucratic institutions, social organisation, economic systems, and philosophical thought. The book analyses crucial devices and methods the Chinese employed to classify human achievement and natural phenomena, offering valuable insights into the relationship between cartography, culture, and cosmology in late imperial times. This used book in good condition provides scholars, historians, and students with an essential resource for understanding how China's worldview influenced its approach to managing society and its place in the world.

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Mapping China and Managing the World examines the historical development of Chinese order systems from 221 BCE through contemporary times.

The book explores how cosmology and cartography shaped China's bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organisation.

Routledge's Asia's Transformations series positions this work within critical Asian scholarship and cultural studies frameworks.

Smith's analysis covers Chinese philosophy, religious and secular ritual, and comprehensive classification systems for natural and supernatural phenomena.

This used book in good condition offers accessible academic exploration of the cultural roots of Chinese governance and worldview.

The work connects imperial administrative practices to broader questions of cultural identity and global engagement in East Asia.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
23 October 2012
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12 April 2011

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