China: A History: From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire, (10,000 BCE – 1799 CE)
Now available in two volumes, this accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of China provides a balanced and thoughtful account of the development of Chinese civilization from its beginnings to the present day.
Each volume includes ample illustrations, a full complement of maps, a chronological table, extensive notes, recommendations for further reading and an index.
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an excellent history book,
I’ve been doing some research on Chinese history and found Dr. Tanner’s book extremely useful. The book is very well written and provides a very comprehensive historical account of China from the early empire to the current day. His book is based on extensive research and he has a very good understanding of Chinese literature and art. Tanner has also compiled a bibliography on Chinese history, which can be very useful if you want to do further research on the subject.
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|Basics of Modern Chinese History,
This will give you an overview of the events in Chinese history, but I would not recommend it as the sole source.
If you are studying a class of topics in Chinese history, use this as a supplemental, but nothing more.
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|More detailed than Ebrey,
This is my second text of Sinology. I had a class with that used the De Bary text 15 years ago, and this is one of the two texts that I bought for a recent class in Chinese History. The other was the Ebrey text. Of the two, Tanner goes into more detail, so it is more intense study of Chinese History.
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