An Outline History of China gives a brief introduction to the long historical course of development of China from ancient times up to the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Summary：
The book first gives an outline of contemporary Chinese geography, population, ethnicity and history. It then describes ancient human activities, and the social and historical meanings of ancient mythologies and legends, and gives a concise account of the rise and fall of the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. There follow, in detail or in brief, as appropriate, introductions to the politics, economy, military affairs, culture, laws, inventions, cultural relics, etiquette and customs, relationships between classes and ethnic groups in China, and between China and foreign countries, plus an enlightening description of the country’s modern social reforms.
About the author：
Bai Shouyi（1909-2000）was born in Kaifeng、Henan Province and educated at Zhongshan and Yanjing universities．Beginning his teaching career in 1939，he had taught for more than 40 years，first at Yunnan University，then at National Central University and later at Beijing Normal University where he served as head or both the Department of History and the Institute of History．
Content：
Chapter I Introduction
1．A Land of 9．600．000 Square Kilometres
2．Fifty-six Ethnic Groups and a Population of More 11han 1．003,000,000
3．1，700．000 Years and 3．600 Years
Chapter II Traces of Remote Antiquity
1．From Yuanmou Man to Peking Man；the Making of Tools andthe Use ofFire
2．Dingcun（Tingtsun）Man and Upper Cave Man；the Improve-ment of Tools and the Emergence of Ornaments
3．The Yangshao Culture and Its Matriarchal Communes
4．The Patriarchal Clan Society of the Longshan Culture
ChapterIII Myth and Legend
1．The Legends 0f Ancient Tribes
2．Tnbal Chiefs．Gods and Their Sons
3．The Hereditary Monarchy of the Xia Dynasty
Chapter IV The Slave State of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties
1．The Earliest Written History
2．The Slave-owning Shang Dynasty
3．The Social Economy of the Shang Dynasty
4．The Rise of the Zhou and the Establishment of the Slave．owning Zhou Dynasty
5．Economic Development Under Zhou Slavery
6．The Zhou Dynasty from Prosperity to Decline
Chapter V The Early Eastern Zhou，Spring and Autumn，andWarring States Periods：Transition from Slavery to Feudalism
1．The Early Eastern Zhou and the Spring and Autumn Period：
Contention for Supremacy Among the Maior States
2．The Seven Powers of the Warring States Period
3．The Transition from Slavery to Feudalism
4．Confucius，MO Zi，Other Thinkers and the Elegies of Chu
Chapter VI The Oin and Han Dynasties：the Growth of FeudalSociety
1．The Oin，China'S First Feudal Dynasty
2．Peasant Uprisings in the Late Qin Dynasty
3．Establishment and Consolidation of the W_estern Han Dynasty
4．Golden Age of the Wlestern Han Dynasty
5．Decline of the Western Han Dynasty；Uprisings of the GreenWloodsmen and Red Eyebrows
6．The Establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty．the ProlongedTurbulence，and the Yellow Turban Uprising
7．The Development of Social Productive Forces
8．The Growth of Feudal Relations
Chapter VII The Three KingOoms，the Jin，the Southern andNorthern Dynasties，the Sui and the Tang：the Ear-lier Period Of Ascendancy of Chinese Feudalism
1．The Three Kingdoms
2．The Western Jin．the Eastern Jin and the Sixteen States
3．The Southern and Northern Dynasties
4．The Establishment of the Sui Dynasty and the Peasant Upris-ings in Its Closing Years
5．The Golden Age ofthe Tang
6．Turmoilin the Mid-Tang Period
7．The Decline of the Tang Empire and the Late-TIang PeasantUprisings
8．The Development of Social Productive Forces
9．The Development of Feudal Relations and the Feudalization ofRegions Inhabited by Several Ethnic Group
Chapter VIII The Five Dynasties．the Song and the Yuan：the Later Period Of Ascendancy 0f Chinese Feudalism
1．The Five Dynasties and Ten States
2．Rise and Fall of the Northern Song；Uprisings by Wang Xiao-bo and Fang La
3．The Liao．the Xia and the Jin：Their Relations with the North-ern Song
4．Rival Regimes of the Song and the Jin；Uprisings by ZhongXiang，Yang YaO and the Red Jackets
5．The Rise of the Mongols and the FalI of the Xia，the Jin andthe Southern Song
6．Founding of the Yuan Dynasty and Peasant Uprisings Duringthe Late Yuan
7．Further Growth of Social Productivity；Southward Shift ofEconomic Development
8．Further Development of Feudal Relations；Feudalization of theBorder Regions
9．China'S Communications with the Outside Worid
Chapter IX The Ming-Qing Period：the Twilight of Feudalism
1．Establishment of the Ming Dynasty
2．Decline of the Ming Dyansty；Refugee and Miner Uprisings
3．Decay of the Ming Dynasty；Peasant Uprisings Continued
4．Rise of the Manchus；Peasant Uprisings To·wards the End of the Ming；Fall of the Ming Dynasty
5．Peasant Regime of the Great Shun；Princes of the SouthernMing；Unification Activities During the Early Qing Dynasty
6．Qing Rule Strengthened
7．Decline of the Qing；Uprisings of Different Ethnic Groups
8．The Decline of Feudalism and the Emergence of Sprouts ofCapitalism
9．Arrival of Wlestern Coionialism
Product Details：
Author： Bai Shouyi
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
Language: English
Format：16
Paperback: 803 pages
ISBN: 9787119052960