Jacques Gernet's definitive single-volume history of Chinese civilization — covering prehistory through the 20th century — the most comprehensive and scholarly history of China available in a Western language for several decades.
Provides the complete structural account of Chinese civilization — economy, philosophy, government, society, art, and foreign relations — in a single manageable volume, making Chinese history accessible to Western scholarly and educated general audiences.
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