Peking University History

Author: Department of History, Peking University
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This issue of "Peking University History" has undergone an external redesign. The main content continues to feature historical papers by faculty and students of the Department of History at Peking University, supplemented by relevant essays from experts and scholars both domestically and internationally. The content of this issue covers topics such as: the silk trade of the Byzantine Empire with China in the 6th and 7th centuries, the impact of the American Revolution in Britain, an analysis of civic education thought in the French Enlightenment, nuclear weapons and Khrushchev's policy toward the United States, historical types of the origins of capitalism, urban traffic and the Duting during the Han and Wei periods, research on Japan's bureaucratic system during the Wei and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the early Ming dynasty's capital army, and the late Qing dynasty's auditing system, among others.