false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176673877m/643570.jpg 643570 3 <div>Shang, Chou, Han, T&#8217;ang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, Ch&#8217;ing &#8212; for most Westerners, they stand only as adjectives to describe a lacquer, a bronze, a silk, a watercolor. And for all the familiarity a blue and white porcelain vase from the Ming dynasty or the bright and sturdy pottery figures of horses and grooms from the T&#8217;ang may now have acquired, the history of the civilization that produced them remains obscure. So do the names of the potters and artists and philosophers and emperors and generals &#8212; except perhaps for those of Kublai Khan, who was not Chinese, and K&#8217;ung Fu Tzu &#8212; known as Confucius &#8212; who flourished a century before Socrates. Focusing upon the incidents and personalities that epitomize most vividly each of the dynasties, this lucidly narrated volume, beautifully illustrated by a lavish selection of color photographs, places in their historical context the images that came to define imperial China from its origins in 1600 B.C. to the revolution of Sun Yat-sen in October 1911. It provides a background to China&#8217;s turbulent twentieth century, which is surveyed in an informative postscript, highlighting such events as the troubled presidency of Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Tse-tung&#8217;s ruthless Cultural Revolution, and the 1989 student protests in Beijing&#8217;s Tiananmen Square.</div> 629737 24 9 1982 The Dynasties of China: A History total:13|5:1|4:8|3:3|2:1|1:0| 13 48 23 4 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:24:23 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:26:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 05 11:48:14 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 10 12:36:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 10:41:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 10:42:44 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 04 10:01:38 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 10:17:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 05:52:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 05:52:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 13:01:28 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 13:01:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 10:07:55 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:25:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 19:44:34 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:44:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 15:21:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 15:21:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 08 13:53:04 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:53:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 07 20:34:06 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 20:34:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 07:19:58 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 07:20:12 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Nov 02 03:50:26 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 10 20:07:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 29 08:20:45 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 08:24:02 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Sep 20 16:53:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 16:53:00 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 05 15:24:25 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:23:06 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 09:00:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:00:12 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 16 17:40:52 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 17:40:52 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Jun 13 22:36:54 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 22:36:54 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Feb 19 00:52:02 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 00:52:02 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=643570