This concise study traces China's history and culture from Neolithic times to the present in an integrated narrative that covers centuries of warfare and politics, science and technology, economics and commerce, religion, philosophy, and the arts. Most valuable of all, the autho…
This fourth edition incorporates the crucial social and economic changes that have taken place in China over the last decade, including a detailed account of China's integration into world finacial markets.
China under communism
by ProQuest (Firm), Lawrance, Alan
fromMaking of the contemporary world
This text examines how Marxism took root, flourished and developed within the context of an ancient Chinese civilization. Through analysis of China's history and traditional culture, the author explores the nature of Chinese Communism and how it has diverged from the Soviet mode…
"In 1969, millions of Chinese teenagers were forced from their homes in the city in order to live and work in the countryside as part of China's Cultural Revolution. The work was backbreaking and rations were tight, but Sasha Gong has fond memories of learning to make simple, de…
On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China "to the ends of the earth". When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings and the records…
This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Th…
A history of China
by ProQuest (Firm), Rossabi, Morris
fromThe Blackwell history of the world
