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Chinese History, Volume 1

A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition)

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Publication Date: 08/09/2022

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  • Volume 1
    • [List of] Boxes
    • [List of] Tables
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Style Guide
    • Introduction
      • A.1. Periodization
      • A.2. Dynasties
      • A.3. Absolute Dates
      • A.4. Long Periods of Time
      • A.5. Grade-School History
      • A.6. European Chronologies
      • A.7. Dynasties of Japan, Korea & Vietnam
    • I. The Chinese Language
      • 1. Historical Stages
      • 2. Script & Calligraphy
      • 3. Translating Chinese
      • 4. Transcription
      • 5. Chinese Translation
      • 6. Dictionaries
    • II. Family & Kin
      • 7. Relatives
      • 8. Personal Names
      • 9. Biography
      • 10. Women’s Histories
      • 11. Clothing & Hairstyles
    • III. Geography
      • 12. China & the Chinese
      • 13. Ethnic Minorities
      • 14. Migration & Travel
      • 15. Environmental History
      • 16. Maps, Geographies & Gazetteers
      • 17. Toponyms
      • 18. Urban History
    • IV. Governing
      • 19. Central & Local Government
      • 20. Titles & Names of Rulers
      • 21. Noble Titles
      • 22. Official Communications
      • 23. Census & Taxation
      • 24. Education & Examinations
      • 25. Law
      • 26. War
      • 27. Foreign Relations
    • V. Ideas, Beliefs & the Arts
      • 28. The Classics
      • 29. Religion
      • 30. Literature
      • 31. Vernacular Literature & Folklore
      • 32. Painting
      • 33. Architecture
      • 34. Music
    • VI. Agriculture & Food
      • 35. Agriculture
      • 36. Food & Drink
    • VII. Technology & Science
      • 37. Context
      • 38. Numbers & Statistics
      • 39. Astronomy & Calendars
      • 40. Timekeeping
      • 41. Medicine
    • VIII. Trade
      • 42. Weighing & Measuring
      • 43. Money & Prices
      • 44. Trade
  • Volume 2
    • IX. History
      • 45. Histories, Guides, Databases
      • 46. Sources, Genres & Historiography
      • 47. The History Office
      • 48. Annals
      • 49. Standard Histories
      • 50. Topically Arranged Histories
      • 51. Digests of Government Institutions
      • 52. Miscellaneous Histories
      • 53. Biji 筆記
      • 54. Popular History
    • X. Pre-Qin
      • 55. Archeology
      • 56. Prehistory
      • 57. Xia-Shang 夏商
      • 58. Zhou 周
    • XI. Qin–Wudai
      • 59. Qin-Han 秦漢
      • 60. Wei Jin Nanbeichao 魏晉南北朝
      • 61. Sui Tang Wudai 隋唐五代
    • XII. Song–Qing
      • 62. Song 宋
      • 63. Liao, Jin, Xixia 遼金西夏
      • 64. Yuan 元
      • 65. Ming 明
      • 66. Qing 清
    • XIII. 20th Century
      • 67. The Republic of China, 1912–79
      • 68. The People’s Republic of China, 1949–79
    • XIV. Bibliography
      • 69. From Bamboo Slips to Silicon Chips
      • 70. Aspects of the Book
      • 71. Indexes & Concordances
      • 72. Leishu 類書 & Congshu 叢書
      • 73. Collecting & Cataloguing
      • 74. Siku Quanshu 四庫全書
      • 75. Modern Libraries, Publishers & Bookstores
      • 76. Keeping Up To Date
    • Indexes
      • Names
      • Books
      • Publishers
      • Databases
      • Subjects

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