ANCIENT CHINA : A Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Book

Cotterell, Arthur

ISBN 10: 0789458667 / ISBN 13: 9780789458667

Published by DK Publishing, New York, NY, 2000

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BRAND NEW COPY w/small push to upper front corner tip. An exciting excursion into the world of ancient China from the Bronze Age through the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.

Seller Inventory # 012621

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ANCIENT CHINA : A Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Book
• Publisher: DK Publishing, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789458667
• ISBN 13: 9780789458667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Alan Hills & Geoff Brightling (Photographers)
• Edition: First American Edition, 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Young Readers, Juvenile, Children

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Synopsis

Illus. with full-color photos. From the earliest dynasty to the last emperor, watch 3,000 years of splendor come alive in this colorful chronicle of the civilization that's given us everything from gunpowder to dim sum.  

About the Author

Arthur Cotterell is Principal of Kingston Upon Thames College of Further Education. He is the author of several books on the ancient civilizations of East Asia, including China: A Concise Cultural History and The Minoan World. He is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations and
most recently The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends.