This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule.
Modernization and Revolution in China
Extensively revised and updated, this popular text conveys the drama of China’s struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Spanning … Read more
Military Culture in Imperial China
Military Culture in Imperial China – This volume explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing … Read more
The Modernization of China
In the Modernization of China, an interdisciplinary team of scholars collaborate closely to provide the first systematic, integrated analysis of China in transformation–from an agrarian-based … Read more
Opium-Smoking in America and China: A Study of Its Prevalence, and Effects, Immediate and Remote On the Individual and the Nation
Opium-Smoking in America and China – This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the … Read more
The General History of China: Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, … Ceremonies, Religion, Arts and Science
Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Descritpion of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet. Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts and Sciences …
Life in Ancient China
Life in Ancient China – Ages 8 to 14 years. Ancient China gave the world paper, a counting machine called an abacus, Kung Fu, and … Read more
An Intellectual History of Modern China
An Intellectual History of Modern China is the only comprehensive book in English on modern China’s intellectual development from the nineteenth to the end of … Read more
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China – More populous than any other country on earth, China also occupies a unique place in our modern world … Read more
Bubonic Plague in Nineteenth-century China
Bubonic Plague in Nineteenth-century China This book, the first work in English on the history of disease in China, traces an epidemic of bubonic plague … Read more