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The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 3: Sui and T'ang China, 589-906 AD, Part 1

By Denis C. Twitchett

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1979
ISBN
0521214467, 9780521214469
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
50 MB (52303927 bytes)
Pages
870\809
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-06-03 19:46:08

Description

The Cambridge History of China is one of the most far-reaching works of international scholarship ever undertaken, exploring the main developments in political, social, economic and intellectual life from the Ch'in empire to the present day. The contributors are specialists from the international community of sinological scholars. Many of the accounts break new ground; all are based on fresh research. The works are written not only with students and scholars but also with the general reader in mind. No knowledge of Chinese is assumed, though for readers of Chinese, proper and other names are identified with their characters in the index. Numerous maps and tables illustrate the text. Volume 3, covers the second great period of unified imperial power, 589-906, when China established herself as the centre of a wider cultural sphere, embracing Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It was an era in which there was a great deal of rapid social and economic change, and in which literature and the arts reached new heights of attainment.

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