Preface

A Disclaimer

Maps

Part I. Empirical and Theoretical Considerations

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Theory of Historical Change

Part II. The Historical Background of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 2: The Western Zhou (ca. 1045-771 BCE) Order and Its Decline

Chapter 3: The Historical Setting of Eastern Zhou, an Age of War

Part III. War-driven Dynamism in Eastern Zhou

Chapter 4: The Age of Hegemons (770-546 BCE)

Chapter 5: The Age of Transition (545-420 BCE)

Chapter 6: In the Age of Total War (419-221 BCE): (1) Philosophies and Philosophers

Chapter 7: In the Age of Total War: (2) Absolutism Prevailing

Chapter 8: In the Age of Total War: (3) Qin and the Drive toward Unification

Chapter 9: Western Han and the Advent of the Confucian-Legalist State

Part IV. The Confucian-Legalist State and Patterns of Chinese History

Chapter 10: Pre-Song Challenges to the Confucian-Legalist Political Framework and Song Responses

Chapter 11: Relations between Nomads and Settled Chinese in History

Chapter 12: Neo-Confucianism and the Advent of a < "confucian society>"

Chapter 13: Market Economy under the Confucian-Legalist State

Concluding

Remarks

References