China : a history / John Keay.

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  • Author(s): Keay, John
  • Language:
    English
  • Publication Information:
    New York : Basic Books, 2009.
  • Publication Date:
    2009
  • Physical Description:
    xix, 578 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publication Type:
    Book
  • Document Type:
    Bibliographies; Non-fiction
  • Subject Terms:
  • Availability: 1 Holdings
  • Additional Information
    • Content Notes:
      Rites to writing, pre c.1050 BC -- Sages and heroes, c.1050-c. 250 BC -- The first empire, c. 250-210 BC -- Han ascendant, 210-141 BC -- Within and beyond, 141 BC-AD 1 -- Wang Mang and the Han reprise, AD 1-189 -- Four hundred years of vicissitude, 189-550 -- Sui, Tang and the second empire, 550-650 -- High Tang, 650-755 -- Reconfiguring the empire, 755-1005 -- Caving in, 1005-1235 -- By land and sea, 1235-1405 -- The rites of Ming, 1405-1620 -- The Manchu conquest, 1620-1760 -- Death throes of empire, 1760-1880 -- Republicans and nationalists, 1880-1950.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-560) and index.
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    • ISBN:
      9780465015801 (hbk.) :
      0465015808 (hbk.) :
    • Accession Number:
      2009930982
    • Accession Number:
      316825559
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.473095