A History of ChinaUniversity of California Press, 1960 - 358 páginas "This is a social history of China, presenting the main lines of development of the Chinese social structure from the earliest times to the present day. Political history is not neglected, but is only one aspect of the picture which is presented; social and cultural changes are given more prominence. The book discusses the origins of the present regime and developments in China in the last years, but only as a part of the total development of China. The text is based upon the study of original Chinese sources, the work of modern Chinese and Japanese scholars, and also the research of western scholars"-- |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
PREHISTORY | 7 |
THE SHANG DYNASTY | 19 |
THE CHOU DYNASTY c 1028257 B C | 29 |
Limitation of the imperial power | 36 |
THE CONTENDING STATES 481256 B C | 51 |
THE CHIN DYNASTY 256207 B C | 62 |
THE HAN DYNASTY 206 B C A D 220 | 71 |
3 The HsiHsia State in the north 10381227 | 224 |
4 The empire of the Southern Sung dynasty 1127 | 225 |
Internal situation | 226 |
Cultural situation reasons for the collapse | 227 |
Rapid expansion from northern Korea to the Yangtze | 229 |
Start of the Mongol empire | 230 |
THE PERIOD OF ABSOLUTISM A The Mongol Epoch 12801368 | 232 |
Nationality legislation | 233 |
3 | 77 |
Turkestan policy End of the Hsiungnu empire | 86 |
Confucius | 93 |
Economic situation Rebellion of the Yellow Tur | 99 |
THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION | 107 |
The northern State of | 113 |
Struggles for the throne | 119 |
317385 | 126 |
Sociological analysis of the petty States | 132 |
The Hun kingdom of the Hsia 407431 | 139 |
Victory and retreat of Buddhism | 145 |
F The southern empires | 152 |
The LiuSung dynasty A D 420478 and the Southern | 159 |
Cultural achievements of the south | 163 |
THE EMPIRES OF THE SUI | 166 |
Turkish policy | 176 |
Second blossoming of Tang culture | 182 |
First successful peasant revolt Collapse of the empire | 189 |
THE EPOCH OF THE SECOND | 195 |
Political history of the Five Dynasties | 202 |
Southward expansion | 208 |
Changes in the relative strength of the feudal states | 212 |
Reforms and Welfare schemes | 215 |
Military collapse | 221 |
Military position | 234 |
Social situation | 235 |
National rising | 238 |
Cultural | 241 |
B The Ming Epoch 13681644 | 243 |
Wars against Mongols and Japanese | 244 |
Social legislation within the existing order | 246 |
Colonization and agricultural developments | 248 |
Commercial and industrial developments | 250 |
Growth of the small gentry | 252 |
Literature art crafts | 253 |
Politics at court | 256 |
Navy Southward expansion | 258 |
Struggles between cliques | 259 |
Risings | 262 |
Machiavellism | 263 |
Foreign relations in the sixteenth century | 264 |
External and internal perils | 266 |
Collision with Japan further Capitulations | 294 |
THE REPUBLIC 19121948 | 303 |
PRESENTDAY CHINA | 320 |
Notes and References | 327 |
Index | 347 |
115 | 355 |