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Clayre, Alasdair.

The heart of the dragon / - 1st American ed. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1985, c1984. - xx, 281 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.

Map on lining papers. Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 267-272.

Remembering: emperors and rebels -- Believing: heaven earth and Marx -- Marrying: wives and concubines -- Mediating: caring and control -- Eating: frugality and feasting -- Living: labour and harvest -- Working: coal steam and steel -- Correcting: crime and punishment -- Understanding: the body and the universe -- Creating: ink bamboo and rock -- Trading: into the four seas.

Map on lining papers. Bibliography: p. 267-272. Includes index. Explores private life in China.

ISBN: 039535336X 9780395353363

LCCN: 84010806

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1976

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gesellschaft
Brauchtum
Manners and customs.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--Social life and customs--1976-
Chine--Mœurs et coutumes--1976-2002.
China
China.

LC Class. No.: DS779.23 / .C55 1985

Dewey Class. No.: 951.05