A Concise History of China is a succinct account of China's 4,000-year recorded history. Its carefully selected material and scholarly analyses are designed for

Presents an account of Chinese history, from prehistoric times through the post-Revolution era.

This engaging, deeply informed book provides the first concise history of one of China's most important eras. Leading scholar John W. Dardess offers a thematica

The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West.

This rich and absorbing history of China from earliest times to the present covers the country's complex political and economic structures and culture in a conc