China: Its History and Culture

The Land and the People of China. Origins and Early History. The Formative Period: Zhou Dynasty: 1027-221 B.C. Religion and Philosophy. Unification and Expansion: Qin Dynasty: 221-206 B.C. Han Dynasty: 206 B.C - A.D.221. Outsiders, Generals, and Eccentrics: The Six Dynasties Period: A.D.222-589. The Flowering of Chinese Civilization: Sui Dynasty: 589-618, Tang Dynasty: 618-907. The Chinese Enter on Their Modern Times: Five Dynasties: 907-960, North China, Teu Kingdoms: 907-970, South China.Song Dynasty: 960-1126, Jin Dynasty (Jurchen): 1126-1234, North China, Southern Song Dynasty: 1127-1279, South China. The Mongol Interruption: Yuan Dynasty: 1280-1368. The Restoration and Consolidation of Chinese Rule: Ming Dynasty: 1368-1644. The Manzhou: Summit and Decline of the Empire: Qing Dynasty: 1644-1911. The Impact of the West in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. The Republican Revolution: 1900-1949. The Communist Revolution: 1949-1965. The Cultural Revolution and After: 1966-1979. The Economic Revolution and Tiananmen Square: 1980-1993. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China's Foreign Relations. Chinese Society in the 1990's. Chronology. Selected Bibliography.Morton, Scott W. is the author of 'China: Its History and Culture', published 1995 under ISBN 9780070434240 and ISBN 0070434247.