History of Corporal Punishment A Survey of Flagellation in Its Historical, Anthropological a... Book

I've been a sinophile for years now and it was high time I read up on some Chinese history. It's a very readable presentation and you can get the older edition for just a few bucks. And why not? The history hasn't changed, right?

I wish it had more maps throughout the chapters as well as some timelines. There is only one awkward timeline at the end written in bullet points. I would've liked a general timeline for each dynasty and all the dynasties together. I solved this problem a little by printing out a map and the timeline used on the wikipedia article on Chinese dynasties and used these two pieces of paper as bookmarks.

Good breakfast reading.