Author:
Morton, W. Scott (William Scott)
Edition Statement:4th ed.
Imprint:New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
Descriptionxxii, 310 p. ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Note:The land and the people of China -- Origins and early history -- The formative period -- Religion and philosophy -- Unification and expansion -- Outsiders, generals, and eccentrics -- The flowering of Chinese civilization -- The Chinese enter on their modern times -- The Mongol interruption -- The restoration and consolidation of Chinese rule -- The Manzhou: summit and decline of the empire -- The impact of the West in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The republican revolution 1900-1949 -- The Communist revolution 1949-1965 -- The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath 1966-1978 -- Deng Xiaping and the reform era 1978-1992 -- The party, greater China, and the wider world 1993-2003 -- A changing society.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
