Keay, John <br/><br/>
China 
by John Keay. 
 - London :  Harper Press,  2009. 
 - 578 p. 
<br/><br/> Table of Contents: <br/>Part 1. Rites to Writing, pre c.1050 BC <br/>Part 2. Sages and Heroes, c.1050-c. 250 BC<br/>Part 3. The First Empire, c. 250-210 BC <br/>Part 4. Han Ascendant, 210-141 BC <br/>Part 5. Within And Beyond, 141 BC-AD 1<br/>Part 6. Wang Mang and the Han Reprise, AD 1-189 <br/>Part 7. Four Hundred Years of Vicissitude, 189-550<br/>Part 8.  Sui, Tang and the Second Empire, 550-650<br/>Part 9. High Tang, 650-755<br/>Part 10. Reconfiguring the Empire, 755-1005<br/>Part 11. Caving In, 1005-1235<br/>Part 12. By Land and Sea, 1235-1405<br/>Part 13. The Rites of Ming, 1405-1620<br/>Part 14. The Manchu Conquest, 1620-1760<br/>Part 15. Death Throes of Empire, 1760-1880<br/>Part 16. Republicans and Nationalists, 1880-1950.<br/>Epilogue<br/>References<br/>Acknowledgements<br/>Further Readings<br/>Index<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007221783 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>China--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951  / KEA/CHI