Product Description

When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet’s masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China’s past.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #342127 in Books
• Published on: 1996-05-31
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 780 pages

Review
‘Gernet has accomplished with skill and vision one of scholarship’s most daunting tasks, the writing of a one-volume history of China.’ The Times Higher Education Supplement

‘… the English version will serve readers in an English-speaking world with a text-book of unchallenged value. The translation is smooth and stylish.’ Modern Asian Studies

Customer Reviews

Academic Tome
This scholarly tome is not to be lightly dipped into. For those with a genuine, academic interest in Chinese history, however, it makes a very good starting place for any avenue of research, giving, as it does, a very good, comprehensive overview of the full span of China's past. Too dry for the casual reader, this book is nevertheless an indispensible feature on any sinologist's bookshelf.