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Since publication of the first edition in 1998, Chinese History: A Manual has become an indispensable guide to researching the civilization and history of China. Updated through January 2000, the second edition discusses some 4,300 primary, secondary, and reference works, an increase of 1,500 titles over the first edition. The temporal coverage has been expanded to include the Republican period; sections on nonverbal salutations, weights and measures, money, and furniture have been added; the chapters on language, etymology, people, geography, chronology, warfare, leishu, food, and the Chinese world order have been thoroughly revised; and the subject index has been enlarged to include 2,500 technical terms.
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Endymion Wilkinson is a scholar and a diplomat (EU Ambassador to China, 1994–2001).
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- PublisherHarvard University Asia Center
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0674002474
- ISBN 13 9780674002470
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