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Sources of Chinese Tradition

Sources of Chinese Tradition Paperback / softback - 2001

by William Theodore De Bary

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Features source readings on history, society, and thought in China. This book aims to bring together source texts from more than three centuries of Chinese history, with opening essays by China authorities providing context for readers
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  • Title Sources of Chinese Tradition
  • Author William Theodore De Bary
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Condition New
  • Pages 656
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-04-18
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780231112710_inp
  • ISBN 9780231112710 / 0231112718
  • Weight 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.27 x 1.32 in (23.47 x 15.93 x 3.35 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects China - Civilization
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98021762
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951

From the rear cover

This volume contains a chronological table of Chinese history beginning with 2852 B.C. up to A.D. 1849. In addition to presenting the major schools of classical philosophy, this volume discusses yin-yang theories of cosmology and geomancy and the rationale of monarchy and dynastic rule.

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About the author

Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919-2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. He has written extensively on Confucianism in East Asia, and is coeditor of the first edition of Sources of Chinese Tradition, as well as Sources of Japanese Tradition and Sources of Korean Tradition.

Richard Lufrano is assistant professor of Chinese history at the College of Staten Island and the author of Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China.

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