Description: A fascinating and sympathetic overview of the Chinese people and culture, with a focus on events of the late 1800's.
Synopsis:
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) was a British linguist who modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system established by Thomas Wade earlier, resulting in the Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. Giles was a diplomat to China (1867-1892) who later became a Chinese professor at Cambridge. This book "The Civilization of China" is his classic detailed history of China, beginning in the Feudal Age and continues until 1911, long before the Communist Revolution.
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