首部中外合作英文中国历史，兼顾外国读者习惯的中国视角普及读物中外学者合作介绍中国历史首部英文图书历史年代为序，全面梳理中国历史以中国视角叙述，兼顾外国读者阅读习惯快速了解 …… [ 展开全部 ]
中国历史，面向外国读者普及读物This is a Chinese account of China, seen from the inside and presenting many of the stories behind historical events that are familiar to Chinese people from their scooldays but are little known even among foreign historians of China. It is a valuable complement to the standard histories of China available in English. ——Michael Dillon
《中国简史：从史前文明到末代皇帝》（History of China: From Earliest Times to the Last Emperor）是一部直接面向海外读者概览性地介绍中华民族五千年历史的优秀图书。它是国内首部由国内外学者合作编著的介绍中国历史的图书，其内容在保持中国叙述视角的同时，兼顾国外读者的阅读习惯，是一本普及中国历史的优秀读物。
本书以历史年代为序，再现了中华文明从远古文明到清朝结束的发展历程，全面回顾了自原始社会以来各个不同时期的中国历史画卷，涵盖了中国历史的主要内容，集中讲述了历史的变迁过程，较为系统地介绍了中国历史的发展脉络。是一部快速了解中国历史及社会变迁的图书。
英文版This book chronicles the evolution of China from teh mists of antiquity to the final days of the empire in 1911. The narrative moves from the emergent states of the Zhou Period, through the unification of contending states by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor, and then to teh significant dynasties of the imperial period, a total of over two thousand years of reliably documented history. Among the most significant topics covered are the social, economic and philosophical developments of the Han Dynasty in which a distinctively Chinese civilization emerged; the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, seen by many as a golden age; and the later years of the empire during which a strong Chinese Ming Dynasty ruled between the two dynasties of the Mongols and the Manchus, bringing into contact the settled agriculture societies of China and the pastoral societies of the steppe. In conclusion we see the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty of the Manchus, its fateful encounter with the West, and its eventual collapse which led to the creation of a Republic. [ 收起 ]
Contents
List of Illustrations xii
Name and Date Conventions Used in the Context xxxv
Introduction xxxix
Chapter 1
Ancient Civilizations: Rule and Politics
(c. 8500–256 BCE)
THE ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION – Ancient Man in China
Chapter 2
An Emerging State: Society and Culture
Oracle Bones in Shang Life – The Bronze Age – The
Chapter 3
The Foundations of Philosophy and Schools of Thoug
THE CONTENTION OF A HUNDRED SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT – C
Chapter 4
Unification under the Qin Empire
(221–206 BCE)
RULE OF THE QIN EMPIRE – Qin Shi Huang's Unificati
Chapter 5
The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty
(220 BCE–280 CE)
THE RISE OF THE HAN – Rebuilding by the Early Han
Chapter 6
Scientific, Cultural and Philosophical Development
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE HAN DYNASTY– The Inv
Chapter 7
Disturbance and Stability: From the Three Kingdoms
(220–420 CE)
THE THREE KINGDOMS – The Battle of Guandu – The Ba
Chapter 8
The Politics and Culture of the Southern and North
(420–589)
THE SOUTHERN DYNASTIES – Contention of the Sixteen
Chapter 9
The Sui Dynasty
(581–618)
The Founding of the Sui Dynasty – The Rule of Empe
Chapter 10
The Golden Era of the Tang Dynasty
THE FOUNDING AND GOVERNMENT OF THE TANG DYNASTY –
Chapter 11
Decline, Separation and Turbulence:
The Decline of the Tang and Rule of the Song
THE DECLINE OF THE TANG DYNASTY – The An Lushan Re
Chapter 12
Co-existing Regimes: The Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin
Confrontation between Song and Liao – The Rise and
Chapter 13
The Enriching Legacy of the Tang and Song Dynastie
A Thriving Economy – Science, Technology, and Cult
Chapter 14
Territorial Expansion and Cultural Flowerings:
The Yuan Dynasty
(1206–1368)
THE FOUNDING OF THE YUAN – Territorial Expansion o
Chapter 15
Centralized Monarchy of the Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644)
THE FOUNDING OF THE MING – The Fall of the Yuan Dy
Chapter 16
Piracy, War and Rebellion: the Decline of the Ming
TURBULENCE AND DECLINE OF THE MING – Ming Costal D
Chapter 17
The Qing: Feudalism's Final Bow
(1644–1911)
CONSOLIDATION OF THE QING EMPIRE – Anti-Qing Resis
Chapter 18
Learning, Philosophical Thought and Culture under
TECHNOLOGY AND THOUGHTS – The Reconstruction of Be
Chapter 19
Wars and Rebellion: The Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellio
THE OPIUM WARS – China and the West before the Fir
Chapter 20
Western Influences, Reform and Death of the Qing
The Challenge of Western Culture – The Self-Streng
Index 448