Every school and public library should update its resources on China with this engagingly written and succinct narrative history of China from prehistoric times to 2000. The world's oldest continuing civilization, China's technological, cultural, and philosophical developments have influenced the world throughout its long history. Wright, an expert on China, has written a fascinating history that not only makes the complex history of China clear to the reader, but weaves into each era of that history the thematic strands of diplomatic, cultural, and technological history. Following a timeline of historical events, the narrative begins with a discussion of geography, government, and population. In successive chapters the chronological narrative covers China's early history, pre-imperial China, early imperial China, middle and late imperial China, the tumultuous 19th century, revolution and republic, the creation of the People's Republic to Mao's death, Deng's China, and China in the 1990s. The work closes with a discussion of China's challenges in the 21st century-overpopulation, a "graying" population, and economic development. Brief biographical sketches of notable people in the history of China, a chronological list of Chinese dynasties, a glossary, and a bibliographic essay of recommended books for further reading add reference value to the history.
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“...welcome addition in high schools with strong world history courses as additional help for research paper assignments. Recommended.”–Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)
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China is both the world's oldest continuing civilization and an emerging global superpower. Over the last two millennia, this rich and complex nation has often been the wealthiest and most populous country on earth—and within a few decades, China may surpass all other nations as the most powerful in the world.
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Geographically, China was and still is an isolated civilization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intermarriage system, official state ideology, warlord period, founding emperor, pastoral nomads, steppe lands Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Chiang Kai-shek, Hong Kong, Tiananmen Square, Republic of China, Eastern Zhou, Great Wall, Deng Xiaoping, World War, Chairman Mao, Sun Yat-sen, May Fourth, Southern Song, Tang China, Jiang Zemin, Long March, Red Guards, Yellow River, Qin Shihuang, Sima Qian, Soviet Union, Early Imperial China, Lin Biao, Liu Bang, Mao Zedong New!
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Geographically, China was and still is an isolated civilization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intermarriage system, official state ideology, warlord period, founding emperor, pastoral nomads, steppe lands Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Chiang Kai-shek, Hong Kong, Tiananmen Square, Republic of China, Eastern Zhou, Great Wall, Deng Xiaoping, World War, Chairman Mao, Sun Yat-sen, May Fourth, Southern Song, Tang China, Jiang Zemin, Long March, Red Guards, Yellow River, Qin Shihuang, Sima Qian, Soviet Union, Early Imperial China, Lin Biao, Liu Bang, Mao Zedong New!
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- The World of Thought in Ancient China by Benjamin I. Schwartz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty by Sima Sima Qian on page 53, and Back Matter
- The Coming Conflict with China by Richard Bernstein on page 186, and Back Matter
- The Intellectual Foundations of China by Frederick W Mote in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. 1 by William Theodore De Bary in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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