Foreword Kwang-Ching Liu; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The origins of Chinese civilization: Neolithic period to the western Zhou dynasty (animal and human imagery in bronze vessels); 2. Philosophical foundations: the eastern Zhou period; 3. The creation of the bureaucratic empire: the Qin and Han dynasties; 4. Buddhism, aristocracy, and alien rulers: the age of division (early Buddhist art); 5. A cosmopolitan empire: the Tang dynasty; 6. Shifting south: the Song dynasty (landscape painting); 7. Alien rule: the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties (drama and the performing arts); 8. The limits of autocracy: the Ming dynasty (the kilns at Jingdezhen); 9. Manchus and imperialism: the Qing dynasty (working for a living); 10. Taking action: the early twentieth century (modern Chinese painting); 11. Radical reunification: the People's Republic; Epilogue; Chronology; Picture acknowledgements; Notes; Further reading; Index.
An engaging, full, gloriously illustrated account of over 8000 years of Chinese civilization.
'Patricia Ebrey's Illustrated History of China is a fine book,
sumptuous and scholarly. With great economy of text, it outlines
the major elements and changes in four millennia of Chinese history
and social life; the art work and photographs, skilfully chosen and
admirably reproduced, both illuminate the text and supplement it.'
Jonathan Spence, Yale University
'The splendid collection of pictures displays painstaking research.
But it is the author's careful and clear synthesis of China's long
history that is most remarkable. This book will, in time, I
believe, be regarded as a classic.' Kwang-Ching Liu, Davis
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