S. A. M. Adshead is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Introduction - World Apart: China in Antiquity, 200 BC to 400 AD - World Centre: China in Late Antiquity, 400 to 1000 - World Axis: China in the Middle Ages, 1000 to 1350 - World Horizon: China in the Renaissance, 1350 to 1650 - World Within a World: China in the Enlightenment, 1650 to 1833 - Between Two Worlds: China in the Modern Age, 1833 to 1976 - Postscript - Notes - Bibliography - Index

S. A. M. Adshead is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Introduction - World Apart: China in Antiquity, 200 BC to 400 AD - World Centre: China in Late Antiquity, 400 to 1000 - World Axis: China in the Middle Ages, 1000 to 1350 - World Horizon: China in the Renaissance, 1350 to 1650 - World Within a World: China in the Enlightenment, 1650 to 1833 - Between Two Worlds: China in the Modern Age, 1833 to 1976 - Postscript - Notes - Bibliography - Index

S. A. M. Adshead is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Introduction - World Apart: China in Antiquity, 200 BC to 400 AD - World Centre: China in Late Antiquity, 400 to 1000 - World Axis: China in the Middle Ages, 1000 to 1350 - World Horizon: China in the Renaissance, 1350 to 1650 - World Within a World: China in the Enlightenment, 1650 to 1833 - Between Two Worlds: China in the Modern Age, 1833 to 1976 - Postscript - Notes - Bibliography - Index