China and the Chinese
by Herbert Allen Giles
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Herbert Giles was one of the most prominent Sinologists of the late 19th century and early 20th century and China and the Chinese was in its era one of the best-selling and most authoritative books on the topic. Originally published in 1902, Giles’ commentary on all thing Chinese, based on six lectures delivered at Columbia University in New York, still has a remarkable value for anyone trying to figure out the conundrum that is China. With a new foreword by long-time Chinese resident and show more observer, Graham Earnshaw. show lessTags
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- First words
- If the Chinese people were to file one by one past a given point, the interesting procession would never come to an end. Before the last man of those living to-day had gone by, another and a new generation would have grown up... (show all), and so on for ever and ever.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The founder of this Chinese Chair has placed these advantages within the grasp of Columbia University.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 306.0951 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Social history Asia China & Korea
- LCC
- DS709 .G45 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia China
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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