Author: Creel, Herrlee Glessner:
Title: The Birth Of China: A Study Of The Formative Period Of Chinese Civilization.
Description: London, Peter Owen Ltd, no date (c. 1961) H/B blue cloth bds, Good, a little age-browning in places, spine faded, a little label residue on spine, (not ex-lib), contents clean and bright, map to endpapers, no. 931 written at top of ffep, presentation label to second fep from University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, school label attached to ffep verso and date of presentation 1961. A nice sound copy.

Keywords: China Chinese history civilization origins excavation Shang livelihood handicrafts sculpture bronze society war writing gods sacrifice Chou Chous conquest politics archaeology literature marriage