TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keay,John
TI  - China: a history 
SN  - 9780007221783
U1  - 951 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Harper Press
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - fast
N1  - "Originally published in Britain in 2008 by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-560) and index; 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
N2  - Informed by the latest research and enlivened by wit and anecdote, Keay's classic single-volume history of China spans 5,000 years, from the Three Dynasties (2000-220 BC) to Deng Xiaoping's opening of China and the past three decades of economic growth
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