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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
INTRODUCTION
1 RITES TO WRITING
2 SAGES AND HEROES
3 THE FIRST EMPIRE
4 HAN ASCENDANT
5 WITHIN AND BEYOND
6 WANG MANG AND THE HAN REPRISE
7 FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF VICISSITUDE
8 SUI, TANG AND THE SECOND EMPIRE
9 HIGH TANG
10 RECONFIGURING THE EMPIRE
11 CAVING IN
12 BY LAND AND SEA
13 THE RITES OF MING
14 THE MANCHU CONQUEST
15 DEATH THROES OF EMPIRE
16 REPUBLICANS AND NATIONALISTS
EPILOGUE
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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