TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hook,Brian
TI  - The Cambridge encyclopedia of China /general editor, Brian Hook
AV  - DS705 .C363 1982
PY  - 1982///
CY  - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
N1  - Bibliography: pages 488-491; The land and resources of China --; Geographical and climatic regions --; Natural resources --; Communications --; The economy --; The inhabitants of China --; Anthropology --; The Non-Han cultures of China --; External China --; The society of China --; The social order --; Law --; Education --; Health and medicine --; Games and sports --; The continuity of China --; Legendary prehistory --; Archaeology --; The Shang Dynasty (c. 1480-1050 BC) -- The Chou Dynasty (c. 1122-221 BC) -- The Ch'in Dynasty (221-206 BC) -- The Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) -- Wei, Chin and Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 220-581) -- The Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618) -- The T'ang Dynasty (AD 618-907) -- Five dynasties and ten kingdoms (AD 907-59) -- The Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279) -- The Yuan Dynasty (AD 1276-1368) -- The Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644) -- The Ch'ing Dynasty (AD 1644-1912) -- The Republican Period (1912-49) -- The People's Republic --; The mind and senses of China --; Beliefs, customs and folklore --; Philosophy and religion --; Words and signs --; Literature --; Drama, music and cinema --; Cuisine --; Time and quantities --; Art and architecture --; Design and symbol --; Historical phases and schools --; Techniques of art forms and crafts --; Architecture --; Science and technology --; Agriculture and biological sciences --; Physical sciences --; Technology --; Mining and civil engineering. -- Practical indicator --; Common Chinese notices: basic recognition for foreigners --; Social and public manners --; East-West friction --; Do's and don'ts in personal or commercial contact with individual Chinese; 2
N2  - Brief entries cover the geography, history, economy, culture, laws, medicine, sports, politics, religion, literature, drama, cuisine, architecture, art, and science of China
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