Social Map of China in a Century—From Old-fashioned Carriages, Boats, and Bridges to New Transportation

Author: Dong Zenggang (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: A magnificent and grand panoramic view of Chinese society in the 20th century, with over 4,000 precious imagesing the life of the Chinese people over the past century. A Century of Chinese Society Atlas is a scientific reading material reflecting the history of modern China. With this book in hand, readers will gain a vivid understanding and intuitive grasp of the changes in Chinese society over the past century. It will inspire readers with a stronger aspiration for the socialist modernization and well-off society decided upon by the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and provide enlightenment for readers to understand the future direction of Chinese society. The book is richly illustrated, with images as the main focus, complemented by text to enhance the overall effect. By observing society through images, China through images, and the progress of Chinese society over the past century through images, we can see the poverty and backwardness of the past, as well as the development and progress of today. It is a highly recommended popular reading material. This is a story of China's transportation over the past century. With over 400 images, it covers everything from ancient carriages, boats, and bridges to the emergence of modern transportation, the transportation difficulties of the Republic of China era, the construction of transportation during the revolutionary years, and the development of modern three-dimensional transportation and the leap in transportation methods. It is as diverse as a documentary film and a long scroll depicting life. A Century of Chinese Society Atlas is divided into ten volumes, each containing over 400 images accompanied by 50,000 words of text, explaining various aspects of the evolution of Chinese social life over the past century from the perspective of social change. We can see the progress in people's clothing (clothing), housing (residence), and transportation (means of transport) over the past century, as well as the changes in folk customs, entertainment, education, science and technology, and military equipment in social life. Changes in political life are not reflected in this book, but the rest of social life is largely presented in outline. The compilers of the book not only collected photographs but also included new images reflecting the changes in China's new historical period, allowing readers to trace the trajectory of changes over the past century and make comparisons. This is an excellent editorial approach.