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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rossabi, Morris.
A history of China / Morris Rossabi.
pages cm. – (The Blackwell history of the world)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-55786-078-1 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-57718-113-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. China–History. I. Title.
DS735.R68 2014
951–dc23

2013006410

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Cover image: Wang Ruihui, Grandparents and Grandchildren before a portrait of Mao, Gouache on paper, 57 × 43.2 cm, 20th century. Princeton University Art Museum, NJ. Photo: Bruce M. White. © 2013. Princeton University Art Museum/Art Resource NY/Scala, Florence
Cover design by Nicki Averill

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