About the book: 1998 / China: A Short Cultural History, - 1935). Fitzgerald S.P. China: A Brief History of Culture. - Eurasia (trans. R.V. Kotenko), 1998. - ISBN 5807100107The book by English professor Charles Patrick Fitzgerald (Charles Patrick Fitzgerald, 1902–1992) is an extensive and deep outline of the history of China from the Neolithic to the end of the 19th century, in which worthy attention devoted to the spiritual culture, art and literature of traditional China. Having gone through more than 90 reprints in three languages, stored in 1,670 libraries around the world, it has become a kind of sinological classic. Combining scientific, light and exciting storytelling, it will be interesting for anyone who is starting to get acquainted with one of the greatest ancient cultures of the world. The file needs formatting and verification with the original.