China: A Primary Source Cultural Guide

China is one of the world's most enduring civilizations, dating back almost 4,000 years. Official political documents and paintings, are used to thoroughly detail this country's long journey, from the Stone Age through Tiananmen Square to its embrace of capitalism. The Chinese people's respect for tradition, as well as their food, music, architecture, and daily life, are brought to the foreground with newspaper photos, artifacts and maps in this lavish book that carries the reader through this seemingly mysterious country.