This is a book of historical research and analysis written under the direction of historical materialism, according to detailed and credible historical documents and archaeological finds and data, and on the basis of the historical achievements accumulated by the academic community over the years. The book is a lucid and concise narration of Chinese history from the ancient humans and the origin of civilization within Chinas boarders until the break out of the Revolution of 1911 when the Qing dynasty which is Chinas last imperial dynasty collapsed.
It is written by historians organized by CASS (China Academy of Social Sciences). This major work offers an insight into Chinas rich and complex history researched and written by leading historians in China. It is a unique perspective on Chinas history from a Chinese perspective. Much is written about Chinas history in the West. This book provides an understanding of Chinas history, written in China and available now in the English language.
Volume II
Chapter Six The Sui and Tang Dynasties
1. The Short-Lived Suis Unification of China
2. The Prosperous Early Tang Dynasty
3. The Declining Late Tang Dynasty
4. Political Institutions of Sui and Tang
5. The Social Economy and Class Structure
6. The Ethnic and Foreign Relations
7. Thoughts, Culture, Science, and Technology in Sui and Tang
Chapter Seven The Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, Song, Liao, Western Xia, and
Jin Dynasties
1. The Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, and the Rise of Khitan Kingdom
2. The Founding of the Northern Song Dynasty and Its Political Reforms
3. Liao, Western Xia, Tubo, Huihu, and Dali
4. The Confrontations among Liao, Jin, and the Northern and Southern Song
Dynasties
5. The Social Economy and Class Structure
6. Thoughts, Culture, Science, and Technology in the Era
Chapter Eight The Yuan Dynasty
1. The Rise of the Mongols
2. The Growth of the Unified Chinese Country of All Nationalities
3. The Ethnic Hierarchization and the Decaying Yuan Politics
4. The Economic and Class Relations
5. Thoughts, Culture, Science, and Technology in This Era
Chapter Nine The Ming Dynasty
1. The Founding and Consolidation of the Ming Dynasty
2. Political Changes in the Mid-Ming
3. The Socio-Political Crises in the Late Ming and the Reform Led by Zhang
Juzheng
4. The Commodity Economy and Capitalist Sprouts
5. The Fall of Ming and the Manchu Troops Occupation of the Central Plains
6. The Mings Foreign Relations
7. Thoughts, Culture, Science, and Technology in This Era
Chapter Ten The Early Qing Dynasty
1. Establishing the Capital in Beijing and the Founding of the Qing Empire
2. The Stabilization of Border and Ethnic Regions in the Reigns of Kangxi,
Yongzheng and Qianlong
3. The Central and Local Administration in Early Qing Dynasty
4. The Social Economy, Taxation, and Corvee
5. The Foreign Relations
6. Thoughts, Culture, Science, and Technology in This Era
Chapter Eleven The Late Qing Period (1840-1911)
1. Imperial Invasion and Dynastic Crisis
2. Socio-Political Changes in the Late-Qing Society after the Gradual Loss of
Sovereignty
3. The Mass Resistance and National Salvation Initiatives of the Chinese
Patriots
4. The Modernizing Attempt of the Self-Strengthening Movement
5. The Deepening of National Crisis and Failure of the Hundred Days Reform
6. The Abortive New Policy Reform and the Outbreak of the 1911 Revolution
Bibliography
Primary Sources
English Translations of Classical Literature
Secondary Sources
Internet Resources
Index
