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A concise, illustrated survey of Chinese religion, philosophy, art, dynastic courts, militarism, and agriculture from ancient times to the present also considers those aspects of Chinese culture transformed by the Revolution of 1949.

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• The Land and the People of China
• Origins and Early History
• The Formative Period: Zhou Dynasty: 1027-221 B.C.
• Religion and Philosophy
• Unification and Expansion: Qin Dynasty: 221-206 B.C.
• Han Dynasty: 206 B.C - A.D.221
• Outsiders, Generals, and Eccentrics: The Six Dynasties Period: A.D.222-589
• The Flowering of Chinese Civilization: Sui Dynasty: 589-618, Tang Dynasty: 618-907
• The Chinese Enter on Their Modern Times: Five Dynasties: 907-960, North China, Teu Kingdoms: 907-970, South China.Song Dynasty: 960-1126, Jin Dynasty (Jurchen): 1126-1234, North China, Southern Song Dynasty: 1127-1279, South China
• The Mongol Interruption: Yuan Dynasty: 1280-1368
• The Restoration and Consolidation of Chinese Rule: Ming Dynasty: 1368-1644
• The Manzhou: Summit and Decline of the Empire: Qing Dynasty: 1644-1911
• The Impact of the West in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
• The Republican Revolution: 1900-1949
• The Communist Revolution: 1949-1965
• The Cultural Revolution and After: 1966-1979
• The Economic Revolution and Tiananmen Square: 1980-1993
• Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China's Foreign Relations
• Chinese Society in the 1990's
• Chronology
• Selected Bibliography