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Title
  • China of the Chinese

Creator
  • Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers), 1864-1954
Date
  • 1921

Subject
  • China
  • China -- Social life and customs
Tag
  • Social life and customs
Table of Contents
  • Contents p.xiii
    Preface p.vii
    I. Environments and characters p.1
    II. Summary of political history p.9
    III. Domestic institutions: marital - Filial p.33
    IV. Ceremonial institutions: bodily mutilations - Funeral rites - Laws of intercourse - Habits and customs p.62
    V. Political institutions: general government - Laws - Local government - Military institutions p.108
    VI. Ecclesiastical institutions - Professional institutions p.187
    VII. Sentiments: aesthetic - Moral p.217
    VIII. Ideas: religious ideas - Knowledge p.230
    IX. Language p.264
    X. Products: landworks - Habitations - Food - Clothing - Implements - Weapons - Aesthetic products p.274
    Index p.299

Publisher
  • Charles Scribner's Sons
Source
  • This eBook is digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library from the Special Collections

Resource Type
  • Book
Format
  • image/jpeg

Extent
  • Source format: 309 p. ; 20 cm.

  • This eBook: 364 p.

Language
  • English
Rights
  • In Copyright

Identifier
  • Call No.: [CLR] DS706 .W47 1921

  • Barcode: 0000803875723

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  • Social Life and Customs in China
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