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4.3/5 AbeBooks Language English Media type Paperback/Hardcover ISBN 0-674-01212-7 Genre History Subject History of China | 4.3/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date 1999 Pages 1136 Originally published 1999 Page count 1,136 Publisher Harvard University Press | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imperial China: 900–1800 is a book of history written by F. W. Mote, Professor of Chinese History and Civilization, Emeritus, at Princeton University. The book was published in 1999 by Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-01212-7.
Contents
Scope
As the title suggests, Imperial China covers the 900-year period from the year 900 to 1800. In terms of Chinese history, it covers from the fall of the Tang dynasty to the middle of the Qing dynasty, shortly before the beginning of China's Century of Humiliation at the end of the Qing dynasty. It covers the Five Dynasties, Liao dynasty, Song dynasty, Western Xia state, Jin dynasty, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty and the first 150 years of the Qing dynasty.
Contents
The nearly 1,000 pages of text are divided into five parts and are further divided into 36 chapters.
Part One
Conquest Dynasties and the Northern Song: 900-1127
Part Two
Conquest Dynasties and the Southern Song: 1127-1279
Part Three
China and the Mongol World
Part Four
The Restoration of Native Rule Under the Ming
Part Five
China and the World in Early Qing Times