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All Under Heaven - A Complete History of China
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Rayne Kruger was born in South Africa and began his working life in a Johannesburg goldmine before becoming in succession a lawyer, broadcaster and actor. He immigrated to England in 1947 where he joined the BBC. He wrote a number of successful novels, followed by a history of South Africa in 1959, Goodbye Dolly Gray, which has remained in print ever since. An astute businessman, he then founded a property group. He subsequently went into partnership with his wife, the successful restaurateur and cookery school entrepreneur, Prue Leith. He died on 21 December 2002.
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Preface.

About the Author.

1. Ape-men to the Shang (700.000-1750BC).

2. The Shang (?1523-?1027BC).

3. The Western Chou (?1027-771BC).

4. The Eastern Chou (771-476BC)-I.

5. The Eastern Chou (771-476 BC) – II.

6. From Confucius to Empire – I.

7. From Confucius to Empire – II.

8. Ch’in into China.

9. The Former Han – I (206-141 BC).

10. The Former Han – II:Wu Ti (141-87 BC).

11. The Former Han – III (87-141 AD 9).

12. Interregnum (AD 9-25) and the Han revived – I.

13. The Han revived – II (25-22).

14. Partition (220-589).

15. The Sui (581-618).

16. The T’ang (618-907) – I.

17. The T’ang (618-907) – II.

18. The T’ang (618-907) – III.

19. Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and the Sung – I.

20. The Sung – II (960-1279).

21. The Mongols’ Yüan Dynasty (1271-1368).

22. The Ming – I (1368-1487).

23. The Ming – II (1487-1644).

24. The Ming Dynasty in Perspective.

25. The Manchus’ Ch’ing Dynasty (1644-1911).

26. Ch’ing: Opium Wars and the Taipings – II.

27. Into the twentieth century.

Epilogue: the twentieth century.

Bibliography.

Index.

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“…this work serves as a vital pre-history to the modern nation…” (Lloyds List International, 26 November 2004)
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