"For four decades [this book] has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves. Now in its second edition, expanded and extended through the era of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, this classic volume [contains a] wide selection of source readings on history, society, and thought in the world's largest nation. Award-winning China scholar Wm. Theodore de Bary--who edited the first edition in 1960--and his coeditor ...
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"For four decades [this book] has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves. Now in its second edition, expanded and extended through the era of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, this classic volume [contains a] wide selection of source readings on history, society, and thought in the world's largest nation. Award-winning China scholar Wm. Theodore de Bary--who edited the first edition in 1960--and his coeditor Richard Lufrano have revised and updated the second volume of Sources to reflect the interactions of ideas, institutions, and historical events from 1600 through the twentieth century"--Back cover.
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