TY - BOOK AU - Ropp,Paul S. TI - China in world history T2 - The new Oxford world history SN - 978-0-19-517073-3 U1 - 951 23E PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - China--History KW - China--Civilization KW - China--Civilization--Foreign influences N1 - Notes bibliogr; Machine generated contents note: -- Preface: China in World History -- Chapter 1: The Formative Age (Beginings to 3rd Century BCE) -- Chapter 2: The First Empires: Qin (221-206 BCE) and Han (206 BCE-220 CE) -- Chapter 3: The Era of Division, 220-589 -- Chapter 4: Reunified Empires, Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) -- Chapter 5: Diminished Empire and Nomadic Challengers: The Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) -- Chapter 6: Early Modern China: The Ming (1368-1644) and Early Qing (1644-1800) -- Chapter 7: Decline, Fall, and Aftermath of the Qing Empire (1800-1920) -- Chapter 8: Civil War, Invasion, and the Rise of Communism (1920-1949) -- Chapter 9: The People's Republic of China (1949-present) ER -