1. Introduction to Ancient China
2. Geography, Climate, and the Physical Setting of Chinese History
3. The Neolithic Era and the Jade Age
4. The Early Bronze Age
5. The Shang Dynasty
6. The Western Zhou Period
7. The Spring and Autumn Period
8. The Warring States Period
9. The Rise and Fall of the Qin Dynasty
10. The Han Dynasty through the Reign of Emperor Wu
11. The Later Western Han and the Wang Mang Interregnum
12. The Han Restoration, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms
Biography
John S. Major taught East Asian History at Dartmouth College, US, from 1971 to 1984. Thereafter he has been an independent scholar based in New York City, US.
Constance A. Cook is Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Lehigh University, US.
