The History of China: Volume 8, The Ming Dynasty, Part 2, 1368-1644
This volume is a long-awaited complement to volume 7 (1988), an extremely valuable survey of the political history of Ming China. A significant resource for both undergraduate and graduate students." Choice
The History of China: Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 1
This volume in the authoritative History of China is devoted to the history of the Ming dynasty, with some account of the three decades before the dynasty's formal establishment, and of the Ming Courts, which survived in South China for a generation after 1644. Volume 7 deals primarily with political developments of the period, but it also incorporates background in social, economic, and cultural history where this is relevant to the course of events.
The History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD 220
This volume begins the historical coverage of The History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Their pioneer achievements made these dynasties a formative influence throughout Chinese history.
The History of China, Vol. 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368
This volume presents a more authoritative, more comprehensive, and far clearer picture of these regimes that occupied first nothern and western China, an eventually the entire country, than has previously been available....It is difficult to do full justice in reviewing a volume of such magnitude....This volume is indeed a rich banquet, but it is also one that needs to be digested slowly in order to sample fully its varied flavors. Its publication is an event worthy of celebration
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