China
eBook - ePub

China

A Macro History

  1. 335 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

China

A Macro History

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This short history of China includes a new preface, additional illustrations and a more reader-friendly format.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Maps and Chronological Tables
  7. Preface to the Turn of the Century Edition
  8. Original Preface to the 1988 Edition
  9. 1. Xi'an and the Loess Land
  10. 2. The Second Sage and the First Emperor
  11. 3. Soil, Wind, and Water
  12. 4. Behind the Terracotta Army
  13. 5. The First Empire: Establishing the Standard
  14. 6. Literati Turned Warlords
  15. 7. Prolonged Disunity
  16. 8. When Historical Components Sprawled Far and Wide
  17. 9. On the Road to Reunification
  18. 10. The Second Empire: A Breakthrough That Failed to Materialize
  19. 11. The Northern Song: A Daring Experiment
  20. 12. West Lake and the Southern Song
  21. 13. The Mongolian Interlude
  22. 14. The Ming: An Introverted and Noncompetitive State
  23. 15. The Late Ming
  24. 16. The Role of the Manchus
  25. 17. 1800: A Point for Reflection
  26. 18. From the Opium War to the Self-Strengthening Movement
  27. 19. The “Hundred Days,” the Republic, and May Fourth
  28. 20. Contemporary China and Its Place in the World
  29. 21. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao
  30. Observations at the Closing of the Century
  31. A Brief Note on Bibliography
  32. Index