China: Its History and Culture

Name: China: Its History and Culture
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ISBN: 9780071412797

ISBN-10: 0071412794

ISBN-13: 9780071412797

Edition: 4th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: W Scott Morton, Charlton M. Lewis

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This fourth edition incorporates the crucial social and economic changes that have taken place in China over the last decade, including a detailed account of China's integration into world finacial markets.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 9/2/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

W. Scott Morton (New York, NY) is a full professor emeritus inChinese and Japanese history and culture and in ancient historyat Seton Hall University, in New Jersey.Charlton N. Lewis (Brooklyn, NY) is a professor emeritus of Chinesehistory at Brooklyn College, CUNY.



List of Illustrations


Foreword by Professor Wing-tsit Chan


Preface to the Fourth Edition


Acknowledgments


A Note on Spelling and Pronunciation


Introduction



The Land and the People of China



Origins and Early History



The Formative Period


Zhou Dynasty: 1027–221 b.c



Religion and Philosophy



Unification and Expansion


Qin Dynasty: 221–206 b.c. Han Dynasty: 206 b.c.–a.d. 221



Outsiders, Generals, and Eccentrics


The Six Dynasties Period: a.d. 222–589



The Flowering of Chinese Civilization


Sui Dynasty: 589–618 Tang Dynasty: 618–907



The Chinese Enter on Their Modern Times


Five Dynasties: 907–960, North China Ten Kingdoms: 907–970, South China Song Dynasty: 960–1126 Jin Dynasty (Jurchen): 1126–1234, North China Southern Song Dynasty: 1127–1279, South China



The Mongol Interruption


Yuan Dynasty: 1280–1368



The Restoration and Consolidation of Chinese Rule


Ming Dynasty: 1368–1644



The Manzhou: Summit and Decline of the Empire


Qing Dynasty: 1644–1911



The Impact of the West in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries



The Republican Revolution 1900–1949



The Communist Revolution 1949–1965



The Cultural Revolution and Its Aftermath 1966–1978



Deng Xiaoping and the Reform Era 1978–1992



The Party, Greater China, and the Wider World 1993–2003



A Changing Society


Chronology


Selected Bibliography


Index