A panoramic survey of the course of Chinese civilization from prehistory to 1850, when the old China began to give way

In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with t

A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and wi

In this learned, yet readable, book, Joseph McDermott introduces the history of the book in China in the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800. He assumes litt

Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties. From the clans and legends of prehistory to the last Qing emperor, this book brings China's imperi