China: Understanding Its Past aims to fill a conspicuous gap in conventional world history texts, which are often Euroce
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Table of contents :
Contents
Maps
Tables and Graphs
To the Reader
Chinese Names
Romanization and Pronunciation of Chinese Words
1. The Family, State, and Society in Imperial China
2. Civilizations in Collision: China in Transition
3. Transforming Society: Chinese Communism
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments