Cambridge History of China Vol.03, Sui and T'ang China, 589-906. Part 1

Twitchett Denis C. (ed.). — Cambridge University Press, 1979. — 870 p. The Cambridge History of China is one of the most far-reaching works of international scholarship ever undertaken, exploring the main developments in political, social, economic and intellectual life from the Ch'in empire to the present day. The contributors are specialists from the international community...

Peterson Willard J. (ed.). — Cambridge University Press, 2002. — 742 p. This volume of the Cambridge History of China considers the political, military, social, and economic developments of the Ch'ing empire to 1800. The period begins with the end of the resurgent Ming dynasty, covered in volumes 7 and 8, and ends with the beginning of the collapse of the imperial system in the...