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China: a history
2009, Hackett Pub. Co., Brand: Hackett Pub Co, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
in English
0872209156 9780872209152
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Table of Contents
Part I. Creation of the Middle Kingdom
From myth to history: the beginnings of the Chinese Middle Kingdom in the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties
The age of fighting and philosophy: the Eastern Zhou dynasty
From feudal states to bureaucratic empire: Qin and Western Han dynasties
The decline and fall of eastern civilizations: the Xin and Eastern Han dynasties
Part II. The Middle Kingdom transformed
The age of Buddhists and warriors: the Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, and the period of north-south division
A multi-ethnic empire: the Sui and Tang dynasties
Competing suns in heaven: the Song and its neighbors
China in the Mongol empire: the Yuan dynasty
Part III. A new Confucian empire
A model government for the ages: the early to mid-Ming dynasty
Wealth and instability: the mid and late Ming dynasty
A Manchu empire: the Qing dynasty to 1799
The Qing dynasty's nineteenth century crises
Part IV. The road to wealth and power
Struggling to build a nation: the 1911 revolution and the early Republic, 1912-1926
Years of turmoil: China under Jiang Jieshi's Guomindang government
The People's Republic of China: the Mao era
The march toward wealth and power.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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