The Cambridge Illustrated History of China

More populous than any other country on earth, China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture. In this sumptuously illustrated single-volume history, now in its second edition, noted historian Patricia Buckley Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present. She follows its development from the rise of Confucianism, Buddhism, and the great imperial dynasties to the Mongol, Manchu, and Western intrusions and the modern communist state. Her scope is phenomenal - embracing Chinese arts, culture, economics, society and its treatment of women, foreign policy, emigration, and politics, including the key uprisings of 1919 and 1989 in Tiananmen Square. Both a comprehensive introduction to an extraordinary civilization and an expert exploration of the continuities and disjunctures of Chinese history, Professor Ebrey's book has become an indispensable guide to China past and present. This second edition includes a new chapter on China's recent opening to the world and a fully revised guide to further reading.

• Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed
• Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. 1
• Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century, Vol. 2
• The History of Japan, 2nd Edition (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)
• Art in China (Oxford History of Art)
• The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded
• China: A History (Volume 1): From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire, (10,000 BCE - 1799 CE)
• China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty
• Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276
• China: A History (Volume 2): From the Great Qing Empire through The People's Republic of China, (1644 - 2009)