Author: Roberts, J. A. G. (John Anthony George), 1935-

concise history of China
Date1999
Publish_locationCambridge, MA
PublisherHarvard University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberDS735.R5 1999
Descriptionxxv, 341 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
NoteA concise history of China / J. A. G. Roberts.
First United Kingdom publication 1999 by Macmillan Press Ltd as A History of China"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-316) and index.

The prehistory and early history of China -- From the period of division to the Tang Dynasty -- The Song and Yuan Dynasties -- The early modern period : the Ming and the early Qing -- China in the late Qing -- Republican China, 1911-49 -- China since the 1949 Revolution.

SubjectChina--Civilization China--History
ISBN0674000757 ; 9780674000759
LCCN99071606
Modern China : an illustrated history
Date1998
Publish_locationStroud, Gloucestershire
PublisherSutton Publishing
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberDS755.R63 1998
Descriptionxvi, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
NoteModern China : an illustrated history / J. A. G. Roberts.
1999 printing.
Companion volume: A history of China : prehistory to c. 1800.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-310) and index.

Provides an introduction to the history of China since 1800, with chapter summaries and a chronology.
1. China at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Opium Wars -- 3. Rebellion and Restoration -- 4. Restoration and Self-strengthening -- 5. Imperialism in the Late Qing Period -- 6. Nationalism and Reform in Late Imperial China -- 7. The 1911 Revolution -- 8. The Early Republic, 1912-28 -- 9. The Rise of the Guomindang and the Nanjing Decade -- 10. The Sino-Japanese War and the Civil War -- 11. The People's Republic of China: the Revolutionary Period to the Great Leap Forward -- 12. From the Cultural Revolution to the Death of Mao -- 13. From the Death of Mao to the Death of Deng.

SubjectChina--History--19th century--Pictorial works China--History--20th century--Pictorial works China--History--Pictorial works
ISBN0862998476 ; 9780862998479
LCCN98191000