China, a Macrohistory Book

	Maps and Chronological Tables
	Preface to the Turn of the Century Edition
	Original Preface to the 1988 Edition
1	Xi'an and the Loess Land	3
2	The Second Sage and the First Emperor	12
3	Soil, Wind, and Water	23
4	Behind the Terracotta Army	31
5	The First Empire: Establishing the Standard	41
6	Literati Turned Warlords	55
7	Prolonged Disunity	69
8	When Historical Components Sprawled Far and Wide	78
9	On the Road to Reunification	87
10	The Second Empire: A Breakthrough That Failed to Materialize	98
11	The Northern Song: A Daring Experiment	120
12	West Lake and the Southern Song	138
13	The Mongolian Interlude	156
14	The Ming: An Introverted and Noncompetitive State	169
15	The Late Ming	186
16	The Role of the Manchus	204
17	1800: A Point for Reflection	218
18	From the Opium War to the Self-Strengthening Movement	227
19	The "Hundred Days," the Republic, and May Fourth	242
20	Contemporary China and Its Place in the World	265
21	Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao	295
	Observations at the Closing of the Century	303
	A Brief Note on Bibliography	312
	Index	323