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• Title:The Cambridge illustrated history of China / Patricia Buckley Ebrey.
  
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• Author/Creator:Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Liu, Kwang-Ching, 1921-2006, writer of introduction.
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS706 .E37 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:China--History.
  China--Civilization.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:384 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
  
• Series:Cambridge illustrated history.
  
• Summary:"More populous than any other country on earth, China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture. In this sumptuously illustrated single-volume history, now in its second edition, noted historian Patricia Buckley Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present. She follows its development from the rise of Confucianism, Buddhism, and the great imperial dynasties to the Mongol, Manchu, and Western intrusions and the modern communist state. Her scope is phenomenal - embracing Chinese arts, culture, economics, society and its treatment of women, foreign policy, emigration, and politics, including the key uprisings of 1919 and 1989 in Tiananmen Square. Both a comprehensive introduction to an extraordinary civilization and an expert exploration of the continuities and disjunctures of Chinese history, Professor Ebrey's book has become an indispensable guide to China past and present. This second edition includes a new chapter on China's recent opening to the world and a fully revised guide to further reading."--Publisher's description.
  
• Notes:First published: 1996.
  Includes bibliographpical references (pages 369-375) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780521124331 (pbk.)
  9780521196208 (hbk.)
  0521196205 (hbk.)
  0521124336 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:The origins of Chinese civilization: Neolithic period to the Western Zhou dynasty
  Philosophical foundations: the Eastern Zhou period
  The creation of the bureaucratic empire: the Qin and Han dynasties
  Buddhism, aristocracy, and alien rulers: the age of division
  A cosmopolitan empire: the Tang dynasty
  Shifting south: the Song dynasty
  Alien rule: the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties
  The limits of autocracy: the Ming dynasty
  Manchus and imperialism: the Qing dynasty
  Taking action: the early twentieth century
  Radical reunification: the People's Republic
  Opening to the world: China since 1976.