John Keay: China

Name: John Keay: China
Author: Keay, John
ISBN: 9780007221783

by Keay, John

ISBN: 9780007221783

Published: 2009

China

An Accessible, Authoritative Single-Volume Narrative History Of China, From The Earliest Times To The Present Day, That Will Both Engage The General Reader And Challenge The Horizons Of The China Specialist. Most Histories Of China Appear To Have Been Written By Sinologists For Sinologists. As China Rejoins And Perhaps Comes To Dominate Our World Order, The Need For An Authoritative Yet Engaging History Is Universally Acknowledged. Modelled On The Author'S India: A History, China: A History Is Informed By A Wide Knowledge Of The Asian Context, An Approach Devoid Of Eurocentric Bias, And Acclaimed Narrative Skills. Broadly Chronological, The Book Presents A History Of All The Chinas Including Those Regions (Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Manchuria) That Account For Two Thirds Of The People'S Republic Of China Landmass But Which Barely Feature In Its Conventional History. The Book Also Examines The Many Non-Chinese Elements In China'S History The Impact Of Buddhism, Islam And...

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