The Cambridge History of China

The Cambridge History of China is an ongoing series of books published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) covering the early and modern history of China.

The series was originally conceived by British historian Denis C. Twitchett and American historian John K. Fairbank in the late 1960s, and publication began in 1978. The 14th (and newest) book was published in March 2015. The complete History will contain 15 volumes, with volumes 5 and 9 to consist of two books each.^[1] A Chinese translation of the books is also available.

A separate volume, The Cambridge History of Ancient China by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy, complements the series by covering pre-imperial China and was published in 1999.^[2]

Contents

The volumes of the series are as follows:^[1]

1. The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220 (edited by Twitchett and Michael Loewe), December 1986. ISBN 978-0-521-24327-8.
2. (China from 220 to 587, still unpublished)
3. Sui and T'ang China, 589–906 AD, Part 1 (edited by Twitchett), September 1979. ISBN 978-0-521-21446-9. This covers the political history of the time.
4. Sui and T'ang China, 589–906 AD, Part 2 (still unpublished. This is intended to cover cultural and economic topics related to the Sui and Tang Dynasties).
5. The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907–1279, Part 1 (edited by Twitchett and Paul Jakov Smith), March 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-81248-1. This part covers the political history of the period.
   • The Five Dynasties and Sung China, 960–1279 AD, Part 2 (edited by John Chaffee and Twitchett), March 2015. ISBN 978-0-521-24330-8. This part covers cultural and economic topics related to the period.
6. Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368 (edited by Twitchett and Herbert Franke), November 1994. ISBN 978-0-521-24331-5. This covers the northern states of the Khitan, the Jurchen, and the Mongols.
7. The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 (edited by Frederick W. Mote and Twitchett), February 1988. ISBN 978-0-521-24332-2. This covers the political history of the Ming.
8. The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 2 (edited by Twitchett and Frederick W. Mote), January 1998. ISBN 978-0-521-24333-9. This is a set of essentially unrelated chapters about cultural and economic topics from the Ming period.
9. The Ch'ing Empire to 1800, Part 1 (edited by Willard J. Peterson), December 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-24334-6. This covers the political history of the first Manchu rulers, from Nurhaci to the Qianlong Emperor.
   • Part 2 (still unpublished; planned for February 2016) is intended to cover cultural and economic topics related to the period.
10. Late Ch'ing 1800–1911, Part 1 (edited by John K. Fairbank), June 1978. ISBN 978-0-521-21447-6. This covers the political history of the last 111 years of Manchu rule over China. online
11. Late Ch'ing 1800–1911, Part 2 (edited by John K. Fairbank and Kwang-Ching Liu), September 1980. ISBN 978-0-521-22029-3.
12. Republican China, 1912–1949, Part 1 (edited by John K. Fairbank and Twitchett), September 1983. ISBN 978-0-521-23541-9.
13. Republican China, 1912–1949, Part 2 (edited by John K. Fairbank and Albert Feuerwerker), July 1986. ISBN 978-0-521-24338-4.
14. The People's Republic, Part 1: Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1949–1965 (edited by Roderick MacFarquhar and John K. Fairbank), June 1987. ISBN 978-0-521-24336-0.
15. The People's Republic, Part 2: Revolutions Within the Chinese Revolution, 1966–1982 (edited by Roderick MacFarquhar and John K. Fairbank), November 1991. ISBN 978-0-521-24337-7.

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