A thirty-six lecture course that explores the history and culture of China.

Book accompanies 3 DVD's in a set.

Pt. 1. lecture 1. Geography and archaeology ; lecture 2. The first dynasties ; lecture 3. The Zhou conquest ; lecture 4. Fragmentation and social change ; lecture 5. Confucianism and Daoism ; lecture 6. The Hundred Schools ; lecture 7. The early Han dynasty ; lecture 8. Later Han and the Three Kingdoms ; lecture 9. Buddhism ; lecture 10. Northern and southern dynasties ; lecture 11. Sui reunification and the rise of the Tang ; lecture 12. The early Tang dynasty -- pt. 2. lecture 13. Han Yu and the late Tang ; lecture 14. Five dynasties and the Song founding ; lecture 15. Intellectual ferment in the 11th century ; lecture 16. Art and the way ; lecture 17. Conquest states in the north ; lecture 18. Economy and society in southern Song ; lecture 19. Zhu Xi and neo-Confucianism ; lecture 20. The rise of the Mongols ; lecture 21. The Yuan dynasty ; lecture 22. The rise of the Ming ; lecture 23. The Ming golden age ; lecture 24. Gridlock and crisis -- pt. 3. lecture 25. The rise of the Manchus ; lecture 26. Kangxi to Qianlong ; lecture 27. The coming of the West ; lecture 28. Threats from within and without ; lecture 29. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ; lecture 30. Efforts at reform ; lecture 31. The fall of the empire ; lecture 32. The New Culture Movement and May 4th ; lecture 33. The Chinese communists, 1921-1937 ; lecture 34. War and revolution ; lecture 35. China under Mao ; lecture 36. China and the world in a new century.