A History of China: Bloomsbury Essential Histories

J. A. G. ROBERTS is Visiting Research Fellow in History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has taught and written extensively on the histories of China and Japan and has a special interest in Western perceptions of Chinese and Japanese society.

List of Maps.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Maps.- The Prehistory and Early History of China.- From the Period of Division to the Tang Dynasty.- The Song and Yuan Dynasties.- The Early Modern Period: The Ming and the Early Qing.- China in the Late Qing.- Republican China, 1911-49.- Revolutionary China, 1949-76.- From the Era of Deng Xiaoping to the Present Day.- Notes.- Chronology.- Further Reading.- Index.

This absorbing history of China from earliest times to the present covers the country's complex political and economic structures and culture in a concise yet nuanced manner. The third edition has been revised and expanded in the light of recent research and brings the story right up to date. Photos, tables and a new chronology also feature.