China: Its History and Culture
By W. Scott Morton and Charlton M. Lewis
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“A wonderful job! So lucid, beautfully written, with greatrange and insight. This will set a new standard for shortgeneral histories of China.”
—Michael Gasster,professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University
Newly updated and revised, China: Its History and Culture,Fourth Edition, incorporates the crucial social and economicchanges that have taken place in China over the last decade.Through rich detail and engaging illustrations, the book tracesChina’s history from Neolithic times to the present day.
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Reviews for China
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When I picked up this slim volume, I had expected a traveler's history, something insubstantial. Instead, I found W. Scott Morton's writing to be graceful. His understanding of China refined. I gleaned more about the deeper nature and philosphy of China from this than from academic tomes. He is especially clear on the tough era following the Three Kingdoms. Belle Yang, author of "Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders"