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Book Title: Text And Ritual In Early China
Number of Pages: 362 Pages
Publication Name: Text and Ritual in Early China
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Subject: Asian / Chinese, Subjects & Themes / Religion, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.7 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science
Author: Martin Kern
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
