Endymion Wilkinson is a scholar and a diplomat (EU Ambassador to China, 1994--2001).
[An] unparalleled collection of Chinese facts and analysis,
reaching from the earliest recorded times to the late twentieth
century It comprises fourteen supremely learned book-length parts
in seventy-six chapters, including entries on language, people,
geography, and the environment, on ideas and beliefs, and on
technology and science What is most fascinating for me and, I
suppose, older China hands, is Wilkinson s passion for minutiae [A]
mighty book Magnificent.--Jonathan Mirsky"New York Review of Books
blog" (12/10/2013)"
[A] thoroughly revised and updated edition of eminent Chinese
history expert Dr. Endymion Wilkinson s classic text An important
reference text for anyone wanting to understand how China became
what it is today and where it might be headed.--William Yeoman"West
Australian" (02/19/2013)"
The recent publication of Wilkinson s "Chinese History: A New
Manual" was and remains a major event [It] is in many ways an
entirely new organism that is quite different from its
predecessors. It incorporates a million new words of text and
substantially new material The book is, in every way, absolutely
indispensable to work in Chinese history.--Carla Nappi"New Books in
East Asian Studies" (03/08/2013)"
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