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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University, Asia Center

ISBN-100674002490

ISBN-139780674002494

eBay Product ID (ePID)1623901

Product Key Features

Number of Pages1100 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameChinese History : a Manual

Publication Year2000

SubjectBibliographies & Indexes, Historiography, Asia / China

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaReference, History

AuthorEndymion Porter Wilkinson

SeriesHarvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height5.6 in

Item Weight49.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

LCCN99-056876

ReviewsThe content of this book is extremely rich...One has to admire the effort and ability the author has shown in tracing down some of the obscure publications from less well-known publishers...This book will doubtless become the essential buyers' guide for every librarian of sinology for months to come!, Endymion Wilkinson has created an extremely useful navigational guide in English to the vast ocean of China's long traditional civilization. Because of its many strong points it can be considered one of a kind, a unique work...There are numerous points that distinguish this manual as a work of the first rank, a collection that will be utilized and referenced by scholars for decades to come.

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number52

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal951

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,Enlarged edition

Intended AudienceTrade

Table Of ContentNote to Revised and Enlarged Edition Acknowledgments to Revised and Enlarged Edition Acknowledgments to 1998 Edition Contents Boxes and Tables Preface Conventions Introduction Recent Historiographical Trends Center and Periphery Periodization The Dynasties I Basics 1. Language 2. Dictionaries 3. People 4. Geography 5. Chronology 6. Telling the Time 7. Statistics 8. Guides and Encyclopaedias 9. Locating Books 10. Locating Secondary Sources 11. Libraries II Pre-Qin Sources 12. Archaeology 13. Pre-Qin Archaeology 14. Prehistoric Signs and Symbols 15. Oracle-Bone Inscriptions 16. The Characters: Evolution and Structure 17. Epigraphy 18. From Bamboo Strips to Printed Books 19. Excavated and Transmitted Texts III Historical Genres 20. Primary and Secondary Sources 21. Annals 22. Standard Histories 23. Topically Arranged Histories 24. Miscellaneous Histories 25. Government Institutions 26. Official Communications 27. Law 28. War IV Other Primary Sources 29. Myth and Religion 30. Literary Anthologies and Collected Works 31. Leishu 32. Biji 33. Philosophical Works 34. Popular Literature 35. Agriculture, Food, and the Environment 36. Medicine 37. Technology and Science 38. Calligraphy, Painting, and Music 39. Women's Studies 40. Non-Han Peoples (Inside China) 41. Non-Han Peoples (Outside China) 42. Foreign Accounts of China V Primary Sources by Period 43. Introduction: Guides 44. Qin and Han 45. Wei, Jin, Nan-Bei Chao 46. Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties 47. Song 48. Liao, Xi Xia, Jin, and Yuan 49. Ming 50. Qing 51. The Republic Appendix: Publishers Index of Terms Explained Index of Names Index of Book and Periodical Titles Subject Index

SynopsisSince publication of the first edition in 1998, this book has become a guide to researching the history of China. Updated through the end of 1999, the second edition discusses some 4,200 primary, secondary, and reference works, an increase of 1,300 titles over the first edition. The temporal coverage has been expanded to include the Republican period; sections on non-verbal salutations, weights and measures, money, and furniture have been added; the chapters on language, etymology; people, geography; chronology; warfare, leisbu, food, and the Chinese world order have been thoroughly revised; and the subject index has been enlarged to include 1,500 technical terms.

LC Classification NumberDS735.W695 2000