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Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ropp, Paul S., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2010.
Series:New Oxford world history.
Subjects:
History.
History
Regions & Countries > Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
East Asia.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Civilization
Civilization > Foreign influences
Kina > historia.
China > History.
China > Civilization.
China > Civilization > Foreign influences.
Chine > Histoire.
Chine > Civilisation.
Chine > Civilisation > Influence étrangère.
China
China.
China > Geschichte.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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).

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