Imperial China: 900–1800 is a history book written by Frederick W. Mote, Professor of Chinese History and Civilization, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
[1] As the title suggests, Imperial China covers the 900-year period from the year 900 to 1800.
Conquest Dynasties and the Northern Song: 900–1127 Conquest Dynasties and the Southern Song: 1127–1279 China and the Mongol World The Restoration of Native Rule Under the Ming China and the World in Early Qing Times Reviewers generally considered the book comprehensive.
Lucian Pye's review for Foreign Affairs characterized it as "history on a grand scale but with intimate details", lauding it for making "vivid the full dimensions of China's greatest centuries.
"[2] Denis Sinor, writing for The Historian, felt that the book's coverage of fine arts was lacking but nevertheless praised the way it used political history as a backdrop for many other subjects, such as economics and religious philosophy, and wrote that Mote "deserves our gratitude for assembling, to our benefit, this vast material.