China in World History
This new edition provides a new preface to this highly popular book. The theme of the book is China's relations with the non-Chinese world, not only political and economic, but cultural, social and technological as well. It seeks to show that China's hist
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CENTRAL ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY MATERIAL CULTURE IN EUROPE AND CHINA, 1400-1800 PROVINCE AND POLITICS IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA SALT AND CIVILIZATION THE MODERNIZATION OF THE CHINESE SALT ADMINISTRATION THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND AND BEYOND
China in World History S. A. M. Adshead Professor Emeritus of History University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand
Third Edition
Palgrave
Published in Orea, Britain by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire R021 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-312-22565-0 ISBN 978-1-349-62409-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-62409-6 Published in the United States of America by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Adshead, Samuel Adrian M. (Samuel Adrian Miles) China in world history I Adshead, S. A. M. - 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. China-Relations-Foreign countries. DS740.4.A644 1999 327.51-dc21
I. Title. 99-27935 CIP
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Contents Preface to the Third Edition Introduction
IX XVII
World Apart: China in Antiquity, 200 BC to 400 AD China's place in the world, 200 Be to 400 AD Avenues of contact 200 Be to 400 AD Interchanges, 200 BC to 400 AD World institutions 200 BC to 400 AD
1 4 21 33 47
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World Centre: China in Late Antiquity, 400 to 1000 China's place in the world, 400 to 1000 Avenues of contact, 400 to 1000 Interchanges, 400 to 1000 World institutions, 400 to 1000
54 54 72 84 102
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World Axis: China in the Middle Ages, 1000 to 1350 China's place in the world 1000 to 1350 Avenues of contact, 1000 to 1350 Interchanges, 1000 to 1350 World institutions, 1000 to 1350
109 110 126 142 165
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World Horizon: China in the Renaissance, 1350 to 1650 China's place in the world, 1350 to 1650 Avenues of contact, 1350 to 1650 Interchanges, 1350 to 1650 World
