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A HISTORY OF CHINA
SECOND EDITION
MORRIS ROSSABI City University of New York New York City, USA
This second edition first published 2021
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Names: Rossabi, Morris, author.
Title: A history of China / Morris Rossabi.
Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2021. | Series: Blackwell history of the world | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020047565 (print) | LCCN 2020047566 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119604181 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119604211 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119604228 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: China--History.
Classification: LCC DS735 .R68 2021 (print) | LCC DS735 (ebook) | DDC 951--dc23
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CONTENTS
1 Cover
5 Preface