The Cambridge history of China. The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. 220 A.D

Cambridge University Press, 2008. — 920 p.The Ch'in and Han periods have been closely studied by historians from very early times. Quite justly it has been seen as one of the peaks of Chinese achievement.Introduction (Loewe M.)
The state and empire of Ch'in (Bodde D.)
The Former Han dynasty (Loewe M.)
Wang Mang, the restoration of the Han dynasty, and Later Han (Bielenstein H.)
The conduct of government and the issues at stake (Loewe M.)
The fall of Han (Mansvelt-Beck B.J.)
Han foreign relations (Ying-shin Y.)
The structure and practice of government (Loewe M.)
The institutions of Later Han (Bielenstein H.)
Ch'in and Han law (Hulsewe A.)
The economic and social history of Former Han (Sadao N.)
The economic and social history of Later Han (Ebrey P.)
The religious and intellectual background (Loewe M.)
The concept of sovereignty (Loewe M.)
The development of the Confucian schools (Kramers R.)
Confucian, Legalist, and Taoist thought in Later Han (Ch'i -yün C.)
Philosophy and religion from Han to Sui (Demiéville P.)