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The Cambridge History of China is a series of books published by the Cambridge University Press (CUP) covering the history of China from the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BC to 1982 AD. The series was conceived by British historian Denis Twitchett and American historian John King Fairbank in the late 1960s, and publication began in 1978.
It is considered one of the most important sources on Chinese history and culture. [1] The title Twenty-Four Histories dates from 1775, which was the 40th year in the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. This was when the last volume, the History of Ming, was reworked and a complete set of the histories was produced.
The Rise of Modern China is an English book on China studies written by Immanuel C. Y. Hsu. [1] It is an influential textbook in the United States. [2] The book covers the evolution of the Chinese history over the past 400 years, from the establishment of the Qing dynasty to the beginning of the 21st century.
[9] In a review of the 2013 edition of the book, Manfred Wilhelmy von Wolff of the University of Chile journal Estudios Internacionale, wrote, "By telling us in a lucid and documented way the great plot of events of almost 170 years of Chinese history, Jonathan Fenby has made a contribution of great importance to our knowledge of a country that ...
The Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China is known as the Gujin Tushu Jicheng (traditional Chinese: 古今圖書集成; simplified Chinese: 古今图书集成; pinyin: Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng; Wade–Giles: Ku-chin t'u-shu chi-ch'eng; lit. 'complete collection of illustrations and books from the earliest period to the present') or Qinding Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Chinese ...
The Cambridge History of China; The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature; China and Japan; China's Red Army Marches; China's Response to the West (book) China's War Reporters; China's Wings; Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order; Chinese History: A New Manual; Collaboration: Japanese Agents and Local Elites in Wartime China; The Crippled Tree
Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History (New York: Cambridge University Press; New Approaches to Asian History, 2011) Mitter, Rana. "Research Note Changed by War: The Changing Historiography Of Wartime China and New Interpretations Of Modern Chinese History." The Chinese Historical Review 17.1 (2010): 85-95.
In an interview with Carla Nappi, an historian of China at the University of British Columbia, Wilkinson discussed his experience in the field and the book's background.. He became interested in China as an undergraduate at Cambridge University in the early 1960s, then spent two years teaching English in Beijing up to the outbreak of the Cultural Revoluti