First Published in 2005. The following pages provide an extensive introduction to the study of the Economic History of China, together with a carefully selected bibliography of some 800 books and articles. The text is intended to define, in the first place, the nature and importance of the subject, and to furnish a general guide to its further exploration in future.
1. Preface: the problems and the dangers
2. A formative period in Chinese historiography
3. The deep roots of Chinese Marxism
4. The foundations of Chinese history
5. The progress of thought, in China and abroad
6. The first dynasties
7. The age of Confucius and the classics
8. The first unification of China: its political and social background
9. The Great Han empire
10. China and Asia in the Middle Ages
11. The meaning of 'Middle Ages'
12. Fron Han to T'ang: Chinese society in teh Third to the Sixth centuries
13. Northern and Southern Dynasties
14. Basis problems of T'ang society
15. The Great T'ang empire
16. The five dynasties and the rise of Sung
17. Traitors and aliens: the fall of the Sung and the Mongol occupation
18. Antecedents of the Modern period
19. The Manchus and the Moderns
Biography
Kirby, Stuart
"College-level collections strong in Asian history and culture, especially those with powerful business holdings, must have An Introduction to the Economic History of China, which provides a combined history of Chinese culture, Marxism, and economic trends from ancient to modern times. Here's a primer that would do well as assigned college reading for an introductory course on the topic, packed with interpretations of economic history trends, changing perspectives, and changing influences."--Midwest Book Review
