- The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Cambridge University Press, 1999
8,000 years of chinese civilization embracing Chinese arts, culture, economics, society and politics.
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The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History, R. Keith Schoppa, Columbia University Press, 2000
A compendium of 250 short articles on domestic politics, society, the economy, the world of culture and thought, and relations with the outside world. Plus a chronology, references for researchers, descriptions of important films.
