Notes on Romanization, names, and Chinese characters
Introduction: The creation of history in China / Naomi Standen
Pt. I. Images of an ancient and united nation : The Chinese / Peter C. Perdue ; The Great Wall / Peter Lorge ; Foreign conquerors of China / Naomi Standen ; Confucius : the key to understanding China / Tim Barrett
Pt. II. Cultural traditions : The "decline" of Buddhism in China / Tansen Sen ; Islam in China / Michael Brose ; Chinese medicine / Bridie Andrews ; Traditional Chinese and the environment / Ling Zhang ; Chinese martial arts / Stanley E. Henning ; Women in Chinese history / Clara Wing-chung Ho
Pt. III. Imperial China : China's age of seafaring / Ruth Mostern ; Civil service examinations / Elif Akcetin ; Modern China's borders / Andres Rodriguez ; Xinjiang at the Center / Judd Kinzley ; Tibet / Elliott Sperling ; The Opium War and China's "century of humiliation" / Julia Lovell
Pt. IV. Making modern China : Sun Yat-sen / Wasana Wongsurawat : Republican China under the Nationalists, ca. 1925-1945 / Felix Boecking ; The rise of the Chinese Communist Party / Christian Hess ; Simplified Characters / Imre Galambos ; The one-child policy / Barbara Mittler ; The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 / Marjorie Dryburgh ; China's political system / Hai Ren ; Tiananmen 1989 / Fabio Lanza.
