Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization, Mair, Victor H.; Chen, Sanping; Wood, Frances. Published by Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2013. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 232pp. illustrated with portraits, paintings, written documents, bronzes, sculptures, and location maps. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket.
China is the most populous country on earth, with the longest history of any modern nation. Here, the full range of Chinese cultural and scientific achievements, as well as its military conquests, wars, rebellions, and political and philosophical movements, are told through the eyes of real people who created or were involved in them. The subjects include emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles, philosophers, writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists, military leaders, and committed pacifists.
Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization, Mair, Victor H.; Chen, Sanping; Wood, France
Biography and Memoir, Eurasia, Historical and Political, Other$15.00
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