Cultural atlas of China / by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin.
Cultural atlas of China / by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin.
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Publisher
New York : Checkmark Books, c1998.
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TQ073358
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
240 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
Contents
Pt. 1. Space. The Land and its Peoples. The Natural Environment -- Pt. 2. Time. The Archaic World. The Foundation of a Culture. Neolithic Art. Kinship and Kingship. Bronze Age Art. The Empire of Qin. The Underground Army. The Imperial Age. Politics and Power. Grand Canals. Art of the Imperial Age. T...
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Publisher
New York : Checkmark Books, c1998.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
China is the world's oldest continuous civilization and one of the great international powers of today. A sharply focused understanding of its past is essential for making sense of its complex present, and archaic China is visible now with a clarity that would hardly have been thinkable a lifetime ago. The purpose of this atlas - now revised to enc...
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Full title
Cultural atlas of China / by Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin.
Notes
General note
"An Andromeda book"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 951/24.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1998.
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Call Numbers
TQ073358
Record Identifier
74VvR0Nk5qAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvR0Nk5qAM
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ISBN
0816038147 (alk. paper)
9780816038145 (alk. paper)
DDC
951
MMS ID
991009220859702626
