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China, a Macro History

by Ray Huang. 335 pgs.

Contributors:

   Ray Huang

Publisher:

   M. E. Sharpe

Place of Publication:

  Armonk, NY  

Publication Year:

  1997

Subjects:

China--History

	Contents
	Maps and Chronological Tables	vii
	Preface to the Turn of the Century Edition	ix
	Original Preface to the 1988 Edition	xvii
1.	Xi'an and the Loess Land	3
2.	The Second Sage and the First Emperor	12
3.	Soil, Wind, and Water	23
4.	Behind the Terracotta Army	31
5.	The First Empire: Establishing the Standard	41
6.	Literati Turned Warlords	55
7.	Prolonged Disunity	69
8.	When Historical Components Sprawled Far and Wide	78
9.	On the Road to Reunification	87
10.	The Second Empire: A Breakthrough That Failed to Materialize	98
11.	The Northern Song: A Daring Experiment	120
12.	West Lake and the Southern Song	138
13.	The Mongolian Interlude	156
14.	The Ming: An Introverted and Noncompetitive State	169
15.	The Late Ming	186
16.	The Role of the Manchus	204
17.	1800: A Point for Reflection	218
18.	From the Opium War to the Self-Strengthening Movement	227
19.	The "Hundred Days," the Republic, and May Fourth	242
20.	Contemporary China and Its Place in the World	265
21.	Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao	295
	Observations at the Closing of the Century	303
	A Brief Note on Bibliography	312
	Index	323

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