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The history of China / David Curtis Wright.
LIBRA DS735.A2 W74 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, David Curtis, 1960-
- Series:
- Greenwood histories of the modern nations 1096-2905
- The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History.
- China.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 253 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Every school and public library should update its resources on China with this engagingly written and succinct narrative history.
- Contents:
- Timeline of Historical Events xiii
- 1 Geography, Government, Population, and Early History 1
- 2 Pre-Imperial China: ca. 1122-221 B.C. 17
- 3 Early Imperial China: 221 B.C.-A.D. 589 45
- 4 Middle and Late Imperial China: A.D. 589-ca. 1800 67
- 5 The Tumultuous Nineteenth Century: External Aggression and Internal Chaos 99
- 6 Revolution and Republic 115
- 7 The People's Republic: From First Breath to Mao's Death 143
- 8 Deng's China 167
- 9 China in the 1990s 181
- Notable People in the History of China 205
- Chinese Dynasties 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 031330940X
- OCLC:
- 44573420
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