A History of China

by J. Roberts

Overview

This absorbing history of China from earliest times to the present covers the country's complex political and economic structures and culture in a concise yet nuanced manner. The third edition has been revised and expanded in the light of recent research and brings the story right up to date. Photos, tables and a new chronology also feature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230249844
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/13/2011
Series:	Bloomsbury Essential Histories , #26
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2011
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

J. A. G. ROBERTS is Visiting Research Fellow in History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has taught and written extensively on the histories of China and Japan and has a special interest in Western perceptions of Chinese and Japanese society.
J. A. G. ROBERTS is Visiting Research Fellow in History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has taught and written extensively on the histories of China and Japan and has a special interest in Western perceptions of Chinese and Japanese society.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Maps
The Prehistory and Early History of China
From the Period of Division to the Tang Dynasty
The Song and Yuan Dynasties
The Early Modern Period: The Ming and the Early Qing
China in the Late Qing
Republican China, 1911-49
Revolutionary China, 1949-76
From the Era of Deng Xiaoping to the Present Day
Notes
Chronology
Further Reading
Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for the second edition:

'An excellent book. Roberts' account of China over the last few years is fair, balanced, perceptive and comprehensive.' - Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia

Praise for the third edition:

'A worthy successor to Roberts' earlier editions. This third edition brings the account up to the immediate present and continues to have the strength of integrating the insights of very recent scholarship on all periods of Chinese history.' - Anthony DeBlasi, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies, University at Albany

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the second edition:
"An excellent book. Roberts' account of China over the last few years is fair, balanced, perceptive and comprehensive." -- Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia
Praise for the third edition:
"A worthy successor to Roberts' earlier editions. This third edition brings the account up to the immediate present and continues to have the strength of integrating the insights of very recent scholarship on all periods of Chinese history." -- Anthony DeBlasi, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies, University at Albany"

Praise for the second edition:
"An excellent book. Roberts' account of China over the last few years is fair, balanced, perceptive and comprehensive." -- Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia
Praise for the third edition:
"A worthy successor to Roberts' earlier editions. This third edition brings the account up to the immediate present and continues to have the strength of integrating the insights of very recent scholarship on all periods of Chinese history." -- Anthony DeBlasi, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies, University at Albany"

From the Publisher