Brief History of Chinese Civilization

This concise book emphasizes Chinese cultural history while also covering political and economic history. It is introductory in both style and content, and the organization is kept as simple as possible. Brief coverage of each major Chinese dynasty or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Coverage includes recent developments in China, up to and including the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Timelines, charts, or key dates appear at the beginning of chapters. Chinese names are printed in Pinyin with Wade-Giles in parentheses.Schirokauer, Conrad is the author of 'Brief History of Chinese Civilization', published 1990 under ISBN 9780155055681 and ISBN 0155055682.