num_pages: 832
description: When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition includes a detailed chronology that has been updated through 1993, a new bibliography, and an expanded index that includes Chinese characters.
language: English
title: A History of Chinese Civilization
titlecomplete: A History of Chinese Civilization
genres: China, History, Historical, Reference, World History, Asia, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 241
publisher: Cambridge University Press