Half The World: the History and Culture of China and Japan

Half The World: the History and Culture of China and Japan. Arnold Toynbee, Editor. Published by Holt Rinehart & Winston Inc, New York, NY, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Folio (up to 15'' tall). Condition: VG in Chipped DJ. Gouge in front through DJ to cloth cover of board, shelf wear to boards, overall content excellent. 368 Pgs. ISBN 0030107164. LCCN 73-4198. Texts by E Glahn, DC Twitchett, Owen Lattimore, Wing-tsit Chan, S Nakayama, James JY Liu, Zenryu Tsukamoto, Charles D Sheldon, Carmen Blacker, Donald Keene, Paul A Cohen, Y Toriumi, and Jean Chesneaux. As a panorama of human character and achievement, the long history of China and Japan is at least as varied and as colorful as that of Europe. Integral to the book, and of outstanding importance in their own right, are the illustrations; documents, paintings and works of art, much of it never published before. Here East Asia, past and present, comes to life with a vividness and authenticity that has no precedent. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 11319.