TY - GEN AU - Wilkinson, Endymion Porter TI - Chinese History: a new manual T2 - Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series SN - 9780674260238 (PB) PY - 2022/// CY - Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - China Civilization Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - China History Sources N1 - 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 N2 - Wilkinson's bestselling Manual has been continuously in print for fifty years. It has achieved this unusual distinction because the author expanded its scope with each new edition. In the process it has grown from a modest research guide to Chinese imperial history into an encyclopedic, 1.7-million-word introduction to Chinese civilization and the primary and secondary resources and research problems for all periods of Chinese history. In recognition of its unique value, the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (France) awarded the third edition the Stanislas Julien Prize, and in 2016, Peking University Press published the entire Manual in a three-volume Chinese edition. The Manual has been revised and expanded throughout to ensure that the sixth edition is up to date with the latest developments in digital tools and the two dozen ancillary disciplines essential for work on Chinese history. In addition, its temporal coverage has been extended to the death of Chairman Mao. In celebration of a half century of continuous publication, the enlarged sixth edition has an entirely new look, with a bigger typeface requiring two 1,000 -page volumes. Volume 1 covers topics ranging from Language, Education, and the Arts, to Science, Technology, and the Environment. Volume 2 presents primary and secondary sources chronologically by period from the Neolithic to 1976" ER -