Chinese enlarged history manual revised

Convert currency. Add to Basket. Book Description Condition: new. More information about this seller Contact this seller. Wilkinson, Endymion. Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center , This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. View all copies of this ISBN edition:. Synopsis About this title Since publication of the first edition in , Chinese History: A Manual has become an indispensable guide to researching the civilization and history of China. Language Notes : Text: English, Chinese "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

By anonymous. Because of its many strong points it can be considered one of a kind, a unique work There are numerous points that distinguish this manual as a work of the first rank, a collection that will be utilized and referenced by scholars for decades to come. Updated through the end of , the second edition discusses some 4, primary, secondary, and reference works, an increase of 1, titles over the first edition.

The temporal coverage has been expanded to include the Republican period; sections on nonverbal salutations, weights and measures, money, and furniture have been added; the chapters on language, etymology, people, geography, chronology, warfare, leishu, food, and the Chinese world order have been thoroughly revised; and the subject index has been enlarged to include 1, technical terms.