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THE CHINESE : Their History and Culture : Two-Volumes-in-One (3rd Revised Edition)
by Latourette, Kenneth Scott
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New York, NY: Macmillan, 1946. 3rd Completely Revised Edition, 1st Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW, showing trace margin discoloration. Dark blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Pencil shadow to fEP. Fold-out map of China, Korea & parts of Siberia (also BRAND NEW). Historian of China, Japan and world Christianity, Kenneth Scott Latourette (1884 - 1968) spent two years in China (1910 to 1912). The 2-volumes in one edition was first published 1934; this copy is the Completely Revised 3rd Edition of 1946. 12 chapters of Volume I addresses beginnings of Chinese history from recorded documents through the fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty to 1944 --- ending years of World War II, and 5 years before Communist dominance of the China Mainland. The 8 chapters of Volume II considers the socio-economic and politcals aspects of an emergining new, world order. In the concluding Summary, Latourette is sensitive to China's long road ahead in the face of social upheaval, warefare, and collidingm, traditional ways of life as doors open to the West. Primary historical record of how an American missionary viewed China 8 decades ago.
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- Title
- THE CHINESE : Their History and Culture : Two-Volumes-in-One (3rd Revised Edition)
- Author
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- Edition
- 3rd Completely Revised Edition, 1st Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1946
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- History/China/Traditional Heritage/Western Influence
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