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China : its history and culture / W. Scott Morton.

By: Morton, W. Scott (William Scott).
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1995Edition: 3rd ed., 2nd McGraw-Hill pbk. ed.Description: xx, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0070434247 (pbk.).Subject(s): China -- Civilization | China -- HistoryDDC classification: 951
Contents:
Foreword by Professor Wing-tsit Chan. - Acknowledgments. - A note on spelling and pronunciation. - Introduction. 1. The land and the people of China. - 2. Origins and early history. 3. The formative period. Zhou Dynasty : 1027-221 B.G. - 4. Religion and philosophy. - 5. Unification and expansion. Qin Dynasty : 221-206 B.C. Han Dynasty : 206 B.C. - A.D. 221. - 6. Outsiders, generals, and eccentrics. The Six Dynasties period : A.D. 222-589. - 7. The flowering of Chinese civilization. Sui Dynasty : 589-618. Tang Dynasty : 618-907. - 8. 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. - 9. The Mongol interruption. Yuan Dynasty : 1280-1368. - 10. The restoration and consolidation of Chinese rule Ming Dynasty : 1368-1644. - 11. The Manzhou : Summit and decline of the empire Qing Dynasty : 1644-1911. - 12. The impact of the West in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. - 13. The Republican revolution 1900-1949. - 14. The Communist revolution 1949-1965. - 15. The Cultural revolution 1966-1979. - 16. The new Communism 1980-1992. - 17. China, the Pacific Rim, and the World community. - 18. Chinese society. - Chronology. - Selected bibliography. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Professor Wing-tsit Chan. - Acknowledgments. - A note on spelling and pronunciation. - Introduction. 1. The land and the people of China. - 2. Origins and early history. 3. The formative period. Zhou Dynasty : 1027-221 B.G. - 4. Religion and philosophy. - 5. Unification and expansion. Qin Dynasty : 221-206 B.C. Han Dynasty : 206 B.C. - A.D. 221. - 6. Outsiders, generals, and eccentrics. The Six Dynasties period : A.D. 222-589. - 7. The flowering of Chinese civilization. Sui Dynasty : 589-618. Tang Dynasty : 618-907. - 8. 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. - 9. The Mongol interruption. Yuan Dynasty : 1280-1368. - 10. The restoration and consolidation of Chinese rule Ming Dynasty : 1368-1644. - 11. The Manzhou : Summit and decline of the empire Qing Dynasty : 1644-1911. - 12. The impact of the West in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. - 13. The Republican revolution 1900-1949. - 14. The Communist revolution 1949-1965. - 15. The Cultural revolution 1966-1979. - 16. The new Communism 1980-1992. - 17. China, the Pacific Rim, and the World community. - 18. Chinese society. - Chronology. - Selected bibliography. - Index.