Format:
XII, 610 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
9780872209169
,
9780872209152
,
0872209156
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
China
;
Geschichte
;
China
;
Geschichte
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