Justus Doolittle: 2 books

SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE, with some accounts of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions Volume I

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SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE, with some accounts of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions Volume I

by Justus DOOLITTLE
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015

This book contains a dynamic table of contents. Preview: The population of the city and suburbs has never been accurately, and therefore satisfactorily ascertained. The inhabitants of the seven suburbs are believed to be as numerous as the inhabitants of the city itself. The population of...

SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE with some accounts of their RELIGIOUS, GOVERNMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS CUSTOMS AND OPINIONS Volume II

by Justus DOOLITTLE
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015

This book contains a dynamic table of contents. Preview: The Chinese year contains thirteen or twelve months, according as it has or has not an intercalary month. Consequently the great annual periods, as the winter solstice or vernal equinox, do not fall in successive years on the...