China through the Ages: History of a Civilization

* Beginnings: The Geographical Setting * The Age of Myth: Legend and Archaeology * The Age of Magic: The Shang Dynasty * The Age of Reason: The Chou Dynasty * Intellectual Revolution: A Hundred Schools of Thought * The Unified Empire * The Empire Consolidated: The Han Dynasty * The Coming of Buddhism * Reunification: The Sui and Tang Dynasties * A Chinese Renaissance: The Sung Dynasty * The Mongol Empire * Chinese Restoration: The Ming Dynasty * The Last of the Imperial Order: The Manchu or Ching Dynasty * From Empire to Nation-State: The Great Rebellion, Reform, and Revolution * The Nationalists * Communism Under Mao * The Post-Mao Experiment * Conclusion