Keay, John. <br/><br/>
China :  a history / 
John Keay. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  2009. 
 - xix, 578 p., [24] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.), maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Originally published in Britain in 2008 by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-560) and index. 
<br/><br/>Rites to writing, pre c.1050 BC -- Sages and heroes, c.1050-c. 250 BC -- The first empire, c. 250-210 BC -- Han ascendant, 210-141 BC -- Within and beyond, 141 BC-AD 1 -- Wang Mang and the Han reprise, AD 1-189 -- Four hundred years of vicissitude, 189-550 -- Sui, Tang and the second empire, 550-650 -- High Tang, 650-755 -- Reconfiguring the empire, 755-1005 -- Caving in, 1005-1235 -- By land and sea, 1235-1405 -- The rites of Ming, 1405-1620 -- The Manchu conquest, 1620-1760 -- Death throes of empire, 1760-1880 -- Republicans and nationalists, 1880-1950. 
<br/><br/> Informed by the latest research and enlivened by wit and anecdote, Keay's classic single-volume history of China spans 5,000 years, from the Three Dynasties (2000-220 BC) to Deng Xiaoping's opening of China and the past three decades of economic growth. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465015801 (alk. paper) 0465015808 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009930982 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS735  / .K39 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951