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The Pattern of the Chinese Past - Elvin, Mark, Professor
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A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and with a documentary record covering three millennia, is still far from possible. The present work is only an attempt to disengage the major themes that seem to be of relevance to our understanding of China today. In particular, this volume studies three questions. Why did the Chinese Empire stay together when the Roman Empire, and every other empire of antiquity of the ...

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The Pattern of the Chinese Past 1973, Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif

ISBN-13: 9780804708760

Trade paperback

The Pattern of the Chinese Past 1973, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA

ISBN-13: 9780804708265

Hardcover