《世界历史中的中国》(China in World History)为英国学者艾兹赫德(S.A.M.Adshead)所著。作者曾就读于牛津大学、哈佛大学,现为新西兰坎特伯雷大学历史学资深教授,专攻中国历史,在中国盐政管理研究方面享有世界声誉。除本书外,其重要著作还有《中国盐政管理的现代化》、《世界历史中的中亚》、《欧洲和中国的物质文化:1400—1800》、《唐代中国:世界历史上的东方崛起》等。作为在中国史方向见长的学者,他的 “China in World History” by S.A.M.Adshead, a British scholar. The author studied at Oxford University and Harvard University and is now a professor of history at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He specializes in Chinese history and enjoys a worldwide reputation for research on salt administration in China. In addition to this book, his important books include “Modernization of Salt Administration in China”, “Central Asia in World History”, “Material Culture in Europe and China: 1400-1800”, “China in the Tang Dynasty: World History Rise of the East ”and so on. As a scholar known in Chinese history, he is