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100	1		_aKeay, John. _94921 _eAuthor.
245	1	0	_aChina : _ba history / _cby John Keay.
260			_aLondon : _bHarper Press, _cc2009.
300			_axix, 578 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
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500			_a"Originally published in Britain in 2008 by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 549-560) and index.
505	0		_aRites 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.
520			_aInformed 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.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024032 _94922
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