This concise book emphasises Chinese cultural history while also covering political and economic history. It is introductory in both style and content, and the organization is kept as simple as possible, brief coverage of each major Chinese dynasty or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Coverage includes recent developments in China, up to and including the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Time-lines, charts, or key dates area at the beginning of chapters. Chinese names are printed in Pinyin with Wade-Giles ...
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This concise book emphasises Chinese cultural history while also covering political and economic history. It is introductory in both style and content, and the organization is kept as simple as possible, brief coverage of each major Chinese dynasty or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Coverage includes recent developments in China, up to and including the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Time-lines, charts, or key dates area at the beginning of chapters. Chinese names are printed in Pinyin with Wade-Giles in parentheses.
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