Wright Arthur F Edited (5 results)

1953, Anthropological Theory, Asia. The American Anthropological Association Memoir No. 75, 317 pages, good + wrappers/paper.

Reprint. Frontispiece, xiv + 390pp, some light pencilling margins, some browning and foxing, spine creased, covers worn, still a sound paperback copy. Examines Chinese traditions of thought against the history of characteristic Chinese institutions and patterns of behaviour. With contributions by various scholars, the papers in this volume were presented at the 1957 and 1958 conferences sponsored by the Committee on Chinese Thought.…

Frontis, x + 390pp, index, pictorial cloth binding soiled, spine faded causing title to be very faint, corners bumped. "Essays by 10 specialists, on different aspects of Confucianism as a way of life throughout history; symposium from conferences of the Committee on Chinese Thought, 1957-58." Hucker 1097.…

x + 390pp, notes, index, prior owner's chop front free endpaper, dustjacket shelf worn with few closed tears, a good secondhand hardback copy. "Essays by 10 specialists, on different aspects of Confucianism as a way of life throughout history; symposium from conferences of the Committee on Chinese Thought, 1957-58." Hucker 1097. Includes "Neo-Confucianism and Neo-Legalism in Tang Intellectual Life, 755 - 805" - Edwin G. Pulleyblank; "Confucian Elements in the Theory of Painting" - James F. Cahill; "Traditional Heroes in Chinese Popular Fiction" - Robert Ruhlmann and "Protest Against Conventions and Conventions of Protest" - David S. Nivison.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Foreword by Robert Redfield and Milton Singer. Edited with an introduction by Arthur F. Wright. Tall octavo. xiv, 317pp. Illustrated with several black and white plates. Owner name and stamp of a noted American psychologist on the front fly and binding a trifle worn else fine in a very good dust jacket toned at the spine and folds, with several small chips at the spine ends and folds. Contributions by Derk Bodde, Schuyler Camman, W. Theodore de Bary, Achilles Fang, Arnold Isenberg, J. R. Levenson, David Nivison, I. A. Richards, and Arthur F. Wright.…