A History of China - Morris Rossabi

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Capturing China's past in all its complexity, this multi-faceted history portrays China in the context of a larger global world, while incorporating the narratives of Chinese as well as non-Chinese ethnic groups and discussing people traditionally left out of the story--peasants, women, merchants, and artisans. * Offers a complete political, economic, social, and cultural history of China, covering the major events and trends * Written in a clear and uncomplicated style by a distinguished historian with over four decades of experience teaching undergraduates * Examines Chinese history through the lens of global history to better understand how foreign influences affected domestic policies and practices * Depicts the role of non-Chinese ethnic groups in China, such as Tibetans and Uyghurs, and analyzes the Mongol and Manchu rulers and their impact on Chinese society * Incorporates the narratives of people traditionally left out of Chinese history, including women, peasants, merchants, and artisans The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.

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Morris Rossabi is Distinguished Professor of History at City University of New York and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he received a Ph.D. in Chinese and Central Asian History at Columbia University. He is the author of many books on Asian history, including Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists (2005), Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times (1988 and 2009), and Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West (1992). Formerly Chair of the Arts and Cultures Board of the Open Society Institute, he has collaborated on exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Series Editor's Preface xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

List of Illustrations xxi

List of Maps xxv

A Note on Romanization xxvi

PART I CHINA AMONG "BARBARIANS" 1

1 Early History, to 1027 bce 3

Land and Settlement 3

Early Mankind 5

Agricultural Revolution in the Neolithic Era 6

Xia: The First Dynasty? 12

The Shang and the Origins of Chinese Civilization 16

Oracle Bones 17

Ritual Objects as Historical Sources 19

Shang Society 21

Notes 23