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Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook

by · 1981

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Chinese Civilization sets the standard for supplementary texts in Chinese history courses. With newly expanded material, personal documents, social records, laws, and documents that historians mistakenly ignore, the sixth edition is even more useful than its classic predecessor. A complete and thorough introduction to Chinese history and culture.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of this
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ChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 524 pages

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