China in world history

Ropp, Paul S. 1944- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780195170733 (hc.)
ISBN: 0195170733 (hc.)
ISBN: 9780195381955 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0195381955 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvi, 184 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The formative age : beginnings to third century BCE -- The first empires : Qin (221-206 BCE) and Han (206 BCE-220 CE) -- The era of division (220-589) -- Reunified empires : Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) -- Diminished empire and nomadic challengers : Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) -- Early modern China : Ming (1368-1644) and early Qing (1644-1800) -- Decline, fall, and aftermath of the Qing empire (1800-1920) -- Civil wars, invasion, and the rise of communism (1920-1949) -- The People's Republic of China (1949 to the present).