Twenty Lectures on Chinese Culture: An Intermediary Chinese Textbook

by Howard H. Chao, Linda Hsia, Parker Po-Fei Huang, et al.

Book Overview

Written with the two-fold purpose of increasing proficiency in the language and affording an insight into Chinese civilization, this unusual book has lectures on such varied subjects as the people and culture of China, the geographical environment, the history, traditional and present government, the traditional agricultural economy, contemporary agriculture and industry, and Chinese literature, language, and philosophy. Each of the twenty lectures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300001274
• ISBN13: 9780300001273
• Release Date: September 1967
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12

Customer Reviews

When Yale ruled the world...

Ah yes, the classic text. I simply think that there could never be a better tool for learning than this gem. This would explain its continued use for so many years. Although by today's standards, it may be a bit rusty, but if there were a better book to educate we intermediate students on the basics of Chinese life, I would certainly like to see it. The authors may lean slightly Nationalist and slightly Confucian, but this is fine with me. The only complaint I have is the use of the eyesore known as Yale romanization, but I can get over it. Excellent text!