A History of China

Portada
University 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
The role of the Uighurs Confiscation of the capital of
7
THE SHANG DYNASTY
19
THE CHOU DYNASTY c 1028257 B C
29
THE CONTENDING STATES 481256 B C
51
THE CHIN DYNASTY 256207 B C
62
THE HAN DYNASTY 206 B C A D 220
71
Brief feudal reaction Consolidation of the gentry
77
Cultural achievements of the south
163
Beginning of a new epoch
195
Political history of the Five Dynasties
202
Southward expansion
208
Reforms and Welfare schemes
215
Military collapse
221
Internal situation
226
THE PERIOD OF ABSOLUTISM
232

MODERN TIMES
80
Turkestan policy End of the Hsiungnu empire
86
The pseudosocialistic dictatorship Revolt of the Red
93
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
National rising
238
Wars against Mongols and Japanese
244
Commercial and industrial developments
250
Politics at court
256
Risings
262
Collision with Japan further Capitulations
294
THE REPUBLIC 19121948
303
PRESENTDAY CHINA
320
Notes and References
335
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