The Cambridge History of China

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The Cambridge History of China
Author
Chinese history
PublisherCambridge University Press
Published1978 - 2020
No. of books18 (17 published) including the Cambridge History of Ancient China

The Cambridge History of China is a series of books published by the

John K. Fairbank in the late 1960s, and publication began in 1978. The complete History will contain 15 volumes made up of 17 books (not including the Cambridge History of Ancient China) with volumes 5 and 9 consisting of two books each.[1]

Chinese history before the Qin dynasty is covered in an independent volume, The Cambridge History of Ancient China (1999)[2] which follows the Pinyin romanization system; the other volumes except vol. 2 use Wade–Giles romanization. The final volume, Volume 4, was to be published in 2020, but is indefinitely delayed. An unauthorized Chinese translation of volume 7 (The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1) was made in 1992 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In this version, the map of the Ming empire in the original was replaced by a more extensive map from The Historical Atlas of China, while the other maps were used unchanged.[3]

Volumes

The volumes of the series are as follows:[1]

  1. The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220 (edited by .
  2. The Six Dynasties, 220–589 (edited by Albert E. Dien and Keith N. Knapp), 7 November 2019. .
  3. Sui and T'ang China, 589–906 AD, Part 1 (edited by Twitchett), September 1979.
    ISBN 978-0-521-21446-9. This volume covers the political history of the Sui and Tang
    dynasties.
  4. Sui and T'ang China, 589–906 AD, Part 2 (edited by Twitchett),
    ISBN 978-0-521-24329-2. This volume is intended to cover cultural and economic topics related to the Sui and Tang dynasties). [Still unpublished][4]
  5. The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907–1279, Part 1 (edited by Twitchett and Paul Jakov Smith), March 2009. .
  6. Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368 (edited by Twitchett and
    ISBN 978-0-521-24331-5. This volume covers the Khitan Liao dynasty, the Jurchen Jin dynasty, the Tangut Western Xia dynasty, and the Mongol Yuan dynasty
    .
  7. The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 (edited by
    ISBN 978-0-521-24332-2. This volume covers the political history of the Ming dynasty
    .
  8. The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 2 (edited by Twitchett and Mote), January 1998. . This volume covers government, law, foreign relations, economy, culture, and religion of the Ming dynasty.
  9. The Ch'ing Empire to 1800, Part 1 (edited by
    ISBN 978-0-521-24334-6. This part covers the Manchu conquest of China, and the political history and society of the Qing dynasty from Nurhaci to the Qianlong Emperor
    .
  10. Late Ch'ing 1800–1911, Part 1 (edited by John K. Fairbank), June 1978.
    ISBN 978-0-521-21447-6. This volume covers the political history of the last 111 years of Manchu rule over China. online
  11. Late Ch'ing 1800–1911, Part 2 (edited by Fairbank and . This volume covers the economy, foreign relations, political and social changes, and the revolution movement of the late Qing.
  12. Republican China, 1912–1949, Part 1 (edited by Fairbank and Twitchett), September 1983. .
  13. Republican China, 1912–1949, Part 2 (edited by Fairbank and .
  14. The People's Republic, Part 1: Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1949–1965 (edited by .
  15. The People's Republic, Part 2: Revolutions Within the Chinese Revolution, 1966–1982 (edited by MacFarquhar and Fairbank), November 1991. .

The Cambridge History of Ancient China

The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC edited by

contributed to the book.

Selected reviews

References

  1. ^ a b "The Cambridge History of China". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ^ "The Cambridge History of Ancient China". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. S2CID 218662350
    .
  4. ^ "The Cambridge History of China: Sui and T'ang China, 589-906 AD, Part Two Volume 4".

See also