The heritage of Chinese civilization
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The heritage of Chinese civilization
Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007
2nd ed
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Includes index
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Description
For Introduction to Chinese History and Introduction to East Asia courses.
A clear and manageable single volume narrative covering all the major periods of Chinese history. The text is presented chronologically and features brief principle interpretations to provide an accessible introductory overview of an expansive subject area.
Table of Contents
Maps xi
Documents xiii
Preface xv
1
Early China 3
Origins: The Old and New Stone Ages 4
Early Bronze Age: The Shang 6
Later Bronze Age: The Western Zhou 10
Iron Age: The Eastern Zhou 12
Iron Age: The Birth of Chinese Philosophy 14
Confucianism 17
Daoism 21
Legalism 23
2
China's First Empire (221 b.c.e.-220 c.e.)
and Its Aftermath (220-589) 29
Qin Unification of China 30
Former Han Dynasty (206 b.c.e.-8 c.e.) 33
The Dynastic Cycle 33
Early Years of the Former Han Dynasty 33
Han Wudi 34
Government During the Former Han 36
Decline and Usurpation 39
Later Han (25-220 c.e.) and Its Aftermath (220-589) 40
First Century 40
Decline During the Second Century 40
Aftermath of Empire 41
Han Thought and Religion 43
Han Confucianism 43
History 44
Neo-Daoism 45
Buddhism 49
China's First Empire in Historical Perspective 50
3
Imperial China (589-1368) 55
Reestablishment of Empire: Sui (589-618) and Tang
(618-907) Dynasties 56
The Sui Dynasty 57
The Tang Dynasty 57
Government 57
The Empress Wu 60
The Chang'an of Emperor Xuanzong60
The Tang Empire 61
Rebellion and Decline 63
Tang Culture 65
Transition to Late Imperial China: The Song Dynasty (960-1279) 70
Agricultural Revolution of the Song: From Serfs to Free Farmers 71
Commercial Revolution of the Song 72
Emergence of the Yangzi Basin 72
New Technology 72
Rise of a MoneyEconomy 73
Trade 73
Government: From Aristocracy to Autocracy 75
Song Culture 77
Philosophy 77
Poetry 78
Painting 80
Chinain the Mongol World Empire:The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 81
Rise of the Mongol Empire 82
Mongol Rule in China 84
Foreign Contacts and Chinese Culture 88
Last Years of the Yuan 89
Imperial China in Historical Perspective 90
4
Late Imperial China: The Ming (1368-1644)
and Qing (1644-1912) Dynasties 95
Land and People 97
China's Third Commercial Revolution 98
Women and the Commercial Revolution 99
Political System 101
The Role of Confucianism 102
The Role of Emperor 102
The Role of Bureaucracy 104
The Role of Gentry 105
The Pattern of Manchu Rule 106
Foreign Relations 108
Ming 108
Qing 110
Contacts with the West 111
Culture 113
Late Imperial China in Historical Perspective 118
5
Modern China (1839-1949) 123
The Close of Manchu Rule 125
The Opium War and Its Aftermath 125
Rebellions Against the Manchus 128
Self-Strengthening and Decline (1874-1895) 130
The Borderlands 133
From Dynasty to Warlordism (1895-1926) 135
Cultural and Ideological Ferment: The May Fourth
Movement 139
Nationalist China 143
Guomindang Unification of China and the Nanjing
Decade (1927-1937) 143
War and Revolution (1937-1949) 146
Modern China in Historical Perspective 150
6
China, the Last Half Century 155
Mao's China 156
Consolidation 156
The Soviet Model 158
The Great Leap Forward 158
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1965-1976) 160
ChinaAfter Mao 162
Political Developments 162
Economic Growth 164
Social Change 166
China's Relations with the World 168
Taiwan 170
China, the Outlook 173
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"