
The History of China
David Curtis Wright(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 30. April 2001
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-313-30940-3 (ISBN)
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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.
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) "The newest addition to the outstanding Greenwood Press The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series. The History of China is a superbly written and accessible history that should be a core addition to personal, academic, and community library China Studies and World History instructional reference collections." - Midwest Book ReviewMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30940-3 (9780313309403)
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DAVID CURTIS WRIGHT is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada./e
Content
Series Foreword by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling; Preface; Geography, Government, Population, and Early History; Pre-Imperial China, ca. 1122-221 BC; Early Imperal China: 221 BC-AD 589; Middle and Late Imperial China: AD 617-ca. 1800; The Tumultuous Nineteenth Century: External Aggression and Internal Chaos; Revolution and Republic; The People's Republic: From First Breath to Mao's Death; Deng's China; China in the 1990s; Notable People in the History of China; Chinese Dynasties; Glossary of Selected Terms; Bibliographic Essay; Index.