China, a Macro History

Table of contents

• Title Page i
• Contents v
• Maps and Chronological Charts 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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