Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Cambridge History of China
The Cambridge History of China (15-volume set)
- Author
- Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank (general editors)
- Published
- 1978
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The standard scholarly history of China in English — fifteen volumes from Cambridge University Press, begun in 1978 and still the reference work the field is built on. A multi-volume set, not a single book.
Where I saw it: Shared by @khalidsyossef on X (September 8, 2025) alongside Needham’s Science and Civilisation in China, both as free Internet Archive scans: Vol. 1, The Ch’in and Han Empires — the full set is browsable at archive.org.
Connections
- China — the subject.
- Open Source Knowledge — a set most readers can only reach because it is scanned and free at archive.org.
- Science and Civilisation in China — the companion set shared in the same post.