| Herbert A. Giles and China Contributor(s): Giles, Herbert Allen (Author), Fogel, Joshua A. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 4902075040 ISBN-13: 9784902075045 Publisher: Kurodahan Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2004 Annotation: Modern sinology -- the study of things Chinese --may trace its roots back centuries to Marco Polo, Byzantium and even Imperial Rome, but to a great extent it was built on foundations laid and extended by Herbert Giles, a consul for the United Kingdom in China and later a professor at Cambridge University. Two of his most important works, Chinese Sketches (1876) and The Civilization of China (1911), are now available in a single volume, revealing once again his piercing observations and a glimpse of a very different China. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |