Chinese Civilization and Bureaucracy: Variations on a Theme

by Etienne Balazs

Book Overview

Born in Hungary, trained in Chinese studies in Germany, Etienne Balazs was, until his sudden and premature death in 1963, a professor at the Sorbonne and an intellectual leader among European specialists on China. In this book, a selection of Dr. Balazs' essays are presented for the first time in English. Arthur F. Wright, professor of history at Yale, and John K. Fairbank, professor of history at Harvard, have written a joint Preface and Mr. Wright...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300094566
• ISBN13: 9780300094565
• Release Date: March 1967
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"