712 pp. February 2005
cloth, ISBN 978-0-8248-2785-4, $35.00
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Hawaii Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture
ed. by Victor H. Mair;
Nancy S. Steinhardt; Paul R. Goldin
“An immensely important work in part because of the quality of the contributors and in part because of the design of the book. It should truly appeal to all those interested in the basics of Chinese civilization.” —William H. Nienhauser, Jr., Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison “A truly excellent work; it will be widely used not simply because it is much needed but also because it will generate tremendous excitement in the classroom.” —Michael Puett, professor of Chinese, Harvard University
The Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources—all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume—of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every aspect of traditional culture, including sources from the non-Sinitic ethnic minorities. 130 illus., 117 color, 11 maps
Victor H. Mair is professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Nancy S. Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art at the University of Pennsylvania and curator of Chinese art at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Paul R. Goldin is associate professor of Chinese thought at the University of Pennsylvania.
Further details, along with the introduction and other samples, are also online.
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