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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)

Written by Jacques Gernet, Jonathan D. Spence
Published by Folio Society in 2002

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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet, Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1830914
1st thus. 2002. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Jonathan D. Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, a few minor marks and tiny patch of surface paper loss to top edge.

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Cover of A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES) by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence

Contents

  • VOLUME I
  • Introduction
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Translator's Preface
  • Author's Introduction
  • Lands and Peoples
  • The Han Chinese
  • Non-Han Minorities
  • Modes of Life and Cultures
  • Outline of the Historical Evolution of the Chinese World
  • The General Characteristics of Chinese Civilisation
  • PART ONE
  • From the Archaic Monarchy to the Centralised State
  • 1. The Archaic Monarchy
  • 2 The Age of the Principalities
  • 3 The Formation of the Centralised State
  • 4 The Heritage of Antiquity
  • PART TWO
  • Rise, Evolution and Decline of the First Centralised State
  • Prologue
  • 5 The Conquering Empire
  • 6 Causes and Consequences of the Expansion
  • 7 The Rise of Gentry and the Crisis in Political Institutions
  • 8 The Vivilisation of the Han Age
  • PART THREE
  • The Middle Ages
  • Prologue
  • 9 Barbarians and Aristocrats
  • 10 The Medieval Civilisation
  • PART FOUR
  • From the Middle Ages to Modern Times
  • 11 The Aristocratic Empire
  • 12 The Transition to the Mandarin Empire
  • 13 From the Opening up to the World to the Return to the Sources of the Classical Tradition
  • PART FIVE
  • The Chinese 'Renaissance'
  • Prologue
  • 14 The New World
  • 15 The Civilisation of the Chinese 'Renaissance'
  • PART SIX
  • From the Sinicised Empires to the Mongol Occupation
  • Prologue
  • 16 The Sinicised Empires
  • 17 The Mongol Invasion and Occupation
  • Tables in Volume I
  • VOLUME II
  • PART SEVEN
  • The Reign of the Autocrats and Eunnuchs
  • Prologue
  • 18 Reconstruction and Expansion
  • 19 Political, Social, and Economic Changes
  • 20 The Beginnings of Modern China and the Crisis at the End of the Ming Dynasty
  • 21 Intellectual Life in the Ming Age
  • PART EIGHT
  • Authoritarian Paternalism
  • Prologue
  • 22 The Conquest and the Foundations of the Manchu Regime
  • 23 The Enlightened Despots
  • 24 Intellectual Life from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century to the end of the Eighteenth Century
  • PART NINE
  • From Decline to Takeover
  • Prologue
  • 25 The Great Recession
  • 26 The Social Expansion and its Consequences
  • 27 The Failure of Modernisation and the Advance of Foreign Intrusion
  • 28 Intellectual Currents in the Nineteenth Century
  • PART TEN
  • China Crucified
  • Prologue
  • 29 The Disintegration of the Traditional Economy and Society
  • 30 Political Developments in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
  • 31 Philosophical and Literary Developments
  • PART ELEVEN
  • A new Chapter in Chinese History: The People's Republic of China
  • Prologue
  • Tables in Volume II
  • General Chronology
  • Bibliography
  • Index