China's history
By: Cao Dawei, Sun Yanjing
Contributors: Sun, Yanjing
Series: Sinopedia series; Sinopedia series
Publisher: Cengage Learning Asia
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9789814319966; 9789814319782
Subjects: Civilization; History
Description: Outlines the unique historical trajectory of Chinese civilization, covering a period that starts with the early Paleolithic Period about 2 million years ago and extends all the way to 2008 when China successfully hosted the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.
Notes: Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The origin of Chinese culture; title: The Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties : early states and Bronze civilization; title: The spring and autumn and warring states periods : states contend for power, control, and social reform; title: The Qin and Han dynasties : establishment and development of a great unified country; title: The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern dynasties : regime division and ethnic concentration; title: The Sui and Tang dynasties : a prosperous and open age; title: The Song and Yuan dynasties : cultural collision and fusion and socioeconomic advances; title: The Ming and Qing dynasties (before the Opium War) : prosperity of the farming civilization and crisis before modern times; title: The decline and struggle of modern China; title: The People's Republic of China : in search of socialist modernization.