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China : a history / John Keay.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465015801 (hbk.) :
- ISBN: 0465015808 (hbk.) :
- Physical Description: xix, 578 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-560) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Rites to writing, pre c.1050 BC -- Sages and heroes, c.1050-c. 250 BC -- The first empire, c. 250-210 BC -- Han ascendant, 210-141 BC -- Within and beyond, 141 BC-AD 1 -- Wang Mang and the Han reprise, AD 1-189 -- Four hundred years of vicissitude, 189-550 -- Sui, Tang and the second empire, 550-650 -- High Tang, 650-755 -- Reconfiguring the empire, 755-1005 -- Caving in, 1005-1235 -- By land and sea, 1235-1405 -- The rites of Ming, 1405-1620 -- The Manchu conquest, 1620-1760 -- Death throes of empire, 1760-1880 -- Republicans and nationalists, 1880-1950. |
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| Subject: | China > History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | 951 KEAY | 39851000988197 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |