An engaging, full, gloriously illustrated account of over 8000 years of Chinese civilization.

Designed for the East Asian history course, this text features the latest scholarship on the region's cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history. Coverage is ...

China's status as an emerging superpower has captured the interest and attention of the entire world in recent times. Underlying the politics and economic structures, however ...

A deep and rigorous, yet eminently accessible introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this volume develops a number of ...

As Chinese society and culture evolves on a seemingly daily basis, due to its booming economy and expansion as a producer of consumer and industrial goods, its influence upon ...

"Opening up questions about women's lives, about gender, about why we read history at all and how we write it, Patricia Buckley Ebrey has made The Inner Quarters a place we ...

Presents an account of Chinese history, from prehistoric times through the post-Revolution era.

International scholars and sinologists discuss culture, economic growth, social change, political processes, and foreign influences in China since the earliest pre-dynastic period