Table of Contents

Series Foreword by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling; Preface; Geography, Government, Population, and Early History; Pre-Imperial China, ca. 1122-221 BC; Early Imperal China: 221 BC-AD 589; Middle and Late Imperial China: AD 617-ca. 1800; The Tumultuous Nineteenth Century: External Aggression and Internal Chaos; Revolution and Republic; The People's Republic: From First Breath to Mao's Death; Deng's China; China in the 1990s; Notable People in the History of China; Chinese Dynasties; Glossary of Selected Terms; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

About the Author

DAVID CURTIS WRIGHT is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada./e

Reviews

...welcome addition in high schools with strong world history courses as additional help for research paper assignments. Recommended. - Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)

"The newest addition to the outstanding Greenwood Press The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series. The History of China is a superbly written and accessible history that should be a core addition to personal, academic, and community library China Studies and World History instructional reference collections." - Midwest Book Review