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The Chinese : a general description of China and its inhabitants
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- Alternative Title
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A general description of China and its inhabitants
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- Date
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1840
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- Description
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A new ed., enl. and rev.
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"A new edition, ealarged and revised, in which the history of english intercourse is bought up to the present."
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- Table of Contents
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Contents
Introduction p.1
I. Early European intercourse p.5
II. English intercourse p.19
III. English intercourse - (continued) p.31
IV. English intercourse - (continued) p.52
V. Geographical sketch of China p.67
VI. Summary of Chinese history p.83
VII. Government and legislation p.96
VIII. Character and institutions p.117
IX. Manners and customs p.137
X. Manners and customs - (continued) p.154
XI. Cities - Peking p.173
XII. Cities - Nanking and Canton p.184
XIII. Religion - Confucians p.199
XIV. Religion - Budhism p.214
XV. Religion - Taou sect. p.229
XVI. Language and literature p.243
XVII. Literature - (continued) p.258
XVIII. Arts and inventions p.272
XIX. Sciences p.293
XX. Natural history and productions p.315
XXI. Agriculture and statistics p.338
XXII. Commerce p.359
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- Publisher
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This eBook is digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library from the Special Collections
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- Resource Type
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image/jpeg
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- Extent
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This eBook: 394 p.
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Source format: xii, 383 p. ; 16 cm.
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- Language
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- Identifier
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Call No.: [CLR] DS709 .D3 1840
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Barcode: 0000801237660
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