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South Asia -- China
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An encyclopedia of Punjabi culture and history, ed. by V.P.Gupta, Mohini Gupta. Delhi : Ambe Books : Distributors, Ajanta Books International, 1999, 387 p.
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The Cambridge history of China, ed. by Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank. Cambridge; NY: Cambridge University Press, 1978- .
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--Vol. 9, part 1. The Ch'ing Empire to 1800 -- v. 10. Late Chʻing, 1800-1911, pt. 1. -- v. 11. Late Chʻing, 1800-1911, pt. 2
Chinese history: a manual, by Endymion Wilkinson. Rev. and enl. Cambridge, MA: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2000, 1181 p.
Fung Library | Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies | DS735 .W695 2000
Harvard-Yenching | (W) | DS735 .W695 2000
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Brill's encyclopedia of China, ed. by Daniel Leese. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2009, 1110 p.
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Encyclopedia of China : the essential reference to China, its history and culture, by Dorothy Perkins. Chicago, IL; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999, 662 p.
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State and economy in Republican China : a handbook for scholars, ed. by William C. Kirby et al. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2001, 2 v.
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