The Pattern of the Chinese Past

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Stanford University Press, 1973 - History - 346 pages
Analyzes the social and economic factors that enabled the Chinese Empire to remain united as other empires collapsed and explores the conditions that shaped the technical revolution of the fourteenth century and the period of stagnation that followed

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The Pattern of the Chinese Past: A Social and Economic Interpretation
Mark Elvin
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Mark Elvin
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TitleThe Pattern of the Chinese Past
China library
AuthorMark Elvin
Editionreprint
PublisherStanford University Press, 1973
ISBN0804708266, 9780804708265
Length346 pages
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History / Asia / China
  
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