Erschienen:
Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, 1999
Enthält:
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.