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 makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.

David Noel Keightley (born October 25, 1932) is an American sinologist, historian, and scholar, and was for many years a professor of Chinese history at the University of California, Berkeley.Keightley is best known for his studies of Chinese oracle bones and oracle bone script.

David Noel Keightley (born October 25, 1932) is an American sinologist, historian, and scholar, and was for many years a professor of Chinese history at the University of California, Berkeley.Keightley is best known for his studies of Chinese oracle bones and oracle bone script.

Written by scholars at Peking University, this is a history of Chinese civilisation in its totality, from Neolithic times to the founding of the Chinese Republic in 1911. Each of the four volumes covers political and social institutions, economics, religion, philosophy, science and technology, literature, art and daily life. There is no other work in the English language that c...(展开全部)

https://www.routledge.com/The-History-of-Chinese-Feudal-Society/Chu/p/book/9781138330597 Feudalism is one of the most studied topics in the field of history, but without a consensus on its central characteristics, it remains a slippery concept. The History of Chinese Feudal Society provides a comprehensive analysis on the rise and fall of feudalism in China. Drawing on a vast l...(展开全部)

China has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and as a medium for culture outside the state. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and ...(展开全部)

China has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and as a medium for culture outside the state. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and ...(展开全部)

China has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and as a medium for culture outside the state. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and ...(展开全部)