Volume 1. Boxes
Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Style guide
Introduction. A.1. Periodization
A.2. Dynasties
A.3. Absolute dates
A.4. Long periods of time
A.5. Grade-school history
A.6. European chronologies
A.7. Dynasties of Japan, Korea & Vietnam
Book I. The Chinese Language. Chapter 1. Historical stages
Chapter 2. Script & calligraphy
Chapter 3. Translating Chinese
Chapter 4. Transcription
Chapter 5. Chinese translation
Chapter 6. Dictionaries
Book II. Family & Kin. Chapter 7. Relatives
Chapter 8. Personal names
Chapter 9. Biography
Chapter 10. Women's histories
Chapter 11. Clothing & hairstyles
Book III. Geography. Chapter 12. China & the Chinese
Chapter 13. Ethnic minorities
Chapter 14. Migration & travel
Chapter 15. Environmental history
Chapter 16. Maps, geographies & gazetteers
Chapter 17. Toponyms
Chapter 18. Urban history
Book IV. Governing. Chapter 19. Central & local government
Chapter 20. Titles & names of rulers
Chapter 21. Noble titles
Chapter 22. Official communications
Chapter 23. Census & taxation
Chapter 24. Education & examinations
Chapter 25. Law
Chapter 26. War
Chapter 27. Foreign relations
Book V. Ideas, Beliefs & the Arts. Chapter 28. The classics
Chapter 29. Religion
Chapter 30. Literature
Chapter 31. Vernacular literature & folklore
Chapter 32. Painting
Chapter 33. Architecture
Chapter 34. Music
Book VI. Agriculture & Food. Chapter 35. Agriculture
Chapter 36. Food & drink
Book VII. Technology & Science. Chapter 37. Context
Chapter 38. Numbers & statistics
Chapter 39. Astrology, astronomy & calendars
Chapter 40. Timekeeping
Chapter 41. Medicine
Book VIII. Trade. Chapter 42. Weighing & measuring
Chapter 43. Money & prices
Chapter 44. Trade. Volume 2. Boxes
Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Style guide
Book IX. History. Chapter 45. Getting started
Chapter 46. Sources & historiography
Chapter 47. The history office
Chapter 48. Annals
Chapter 49. Standard histories
Chapter 50. Topically arranged histories
Chapter 51. Digests of government institutions
Chapter 52. Miscellaneous histories
Chapter 53. Biji
Chapter 54. Popular history
Book X. Pre-Qin. Chapter 55. Archeology
Chapter 56. Prehistory
Chapter 57. Xia Shang
Chapter 58. Zhou
Book XI. Qin-Wudai. Chapter 59. Qin Han
Chapter 60. Wei Jin Nanbeichao
Chapter 61. Sui Tang Wudai
Book XII. Song-Qing. Chapter 62. Song
Chapter 63. Liao Jin Xixia
Chapter 64. Yuan
Chapter 65. Ming
Chapter 66. Qing
Book XIII. The 20th Century. Chapter 67. The Republic of China, 1912-49
Chapter 68. The People's Republic of China, 1949-78
Book XIV. Bibliography. Chapter 69. From bamboo slips to silicon chips
Chapter 70. Aspects of the book
Chapter 71. Indexes & concordances
Chapter 72. Leishu & Congshu
Chapter 73. Collecting & cataloguing
Chapter 74. Siku Quanshu
Chapter 75. Modern libraries, publishers & bookstores
Chapter 76. Keeping up to date
Publishers
Indexes. Names ; Books ; Publishers ; Databases ; Subjects

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