Miranda Brown is Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She is the coauthor (with Conrad Schirokauer) of A Brief History of Chinese Civilization, Second Edition.

Author's Note on Translations and Chinese Text
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction

1. Where Did All the Filial Sons Go?

2. Centuries of Tears and Woe

3. Sons and Mothers

4. Friends or Subordinates?

5. Loyal Ministers, Recluses, and Popular Heroes

Epilogue

The Song Rediscovery of the Han