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Table of Contents
Foreword | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
The origins of Chinese civilization: Neolithic period to the Western Zhou dynasty (animal and human imagery in bronze vessels) | |
Philosophical foundations: the Eastern Zhou period | |
The creation of the bureaucratic empire: the Qin and Han dynasties | |
Buddhism, aristocracy, and alien rulers: the age of division (early Buddhist art) | |
A cosmopolitan empire: the Tang dynasty | |
Shifting south: the Song dynasty (landscape painting) | |
Alien rule: the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties (drama and the performing arts) | |
The limits of autocracy: the Ming dynasty (the kilns at Jingdezhen) | |
Manchus and imperialism: the Qing dynasty (working for a living) | |
Taking action: the early twentieth century (modern Chinese painting) | |
Radical reunification: the People's Republic (the cult of Mao) | |
Opening to the world: China since 1976 (Tibet) | |
Epilogue | |
Chronology | |
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