Chinese History, Children - Social Studies, Asian History
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Overview
Part of a series describing the history of chosen regions before and after their exploration by Europeans. This book is about exploring the whole history of China from the earliest time, through the periods of its great dynasties, to the time of its exploration by European travelers, right up to the present day.Presents the political and cultural history of China from early human fossil remains to modern times. Includes a time line relating events in China to events in the rest of the world.
Editorials
Children's Literature -
This British import is composed of info bits that very generally straddle the history of China. Some of these are quite intriguing, as the page on Qin Shihuangdi, the First Emperor (221-210 B.C.). Not only did he order all works of literature burned; not only did he bury 500 scholars alive-he also sent hundreds of children into the sea to search for the magic of long life. (They drowned, of course.) Kids should eat up this sort of grisly arcana, along with watered down definitions of words like eunuch. The transition from the Qing Empire to the Opium Wars is given rather short shrift, however, before moving on to far greater coverage of the Last (child) Emperor, Pu Yi. In short, the book is uneven, but ought to touch some interest in young readers.Book Details
Published
August 28, 1995
Publisher
Silver Burdett Press
Pages
48
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780382391859