CHINA EPUB ED EB
About this book
Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.
Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast narrative of appalling loss, superhuman endeavour and incredible invention that has made China the superpower it is today. From the dawn of legend to the succession of great dynasties, from Confucius to Chairman Mao and from the clamour of revolution to the lure of slick capitalism, John Keay takes the reader on a sweeping tour through Chinese history. This is a definitive and indispensable account of a country set to play a major part in our future.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 RITES TO WRITING
- 2 SAGES AND HEROES
- 3 THE FIRST EMPIRE
- 4 HAN ASCENDANT
- 5 WITHIN AND BEYOND
- 6 WANG MANG AND THE HAN REPRISE
- 7 FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF VICISSITUDE
- 8 SUI, TANG AND THE SECOND EMPIRE
- 9 HIGH TANG
- 10 RECONFIGURING THE EMPIRE
- 11 CAVING IN
- 12 BY LAND AND SEA
- 13 THE RITES OF MING
- 14 THE MANCHU CONQUEST
- 15 DEATH THROES OF EMPIRE
- 16 REPUBLICANS AND NATIONALISTS
- EPILOGUE
- Keep Reading
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Praise
- About the Publisher
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