A Concise History of China
Author | : Jian Bozan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0898751942 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780898751949 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A Concise History of China is a succinct account of China's 4,000-year recorded history. Its carefully selected material and scholarly analyses are designed for foreign readers with little previous knowledge of Chinese history.The authors are three eminent historians:Jian Bozan (1898-1968), head of the History Department, Beijing University, who wrote the chapters on the early period; Shao Xunzheng (1909-73), head of the History Department, Qinghua University, who contributed the section on modern history; and Hu Hua, head of the Department of History of the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese People's University, who wrote about the contemporary period.