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" Oracle bones : "
Peter Hessler.
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BL
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978596
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b732966
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| Main Entry
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Hessler, Peter,1969-
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Oracle bones : : a journey between China's past and present /\ Peter Hessler.
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Pymble, NSW ;New York :: HarperCollins e-books,, ©2006.
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1 online resource.
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0060826584
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: 0061171778
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: 0061171794
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: 9780060826581
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: 9780061171772
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: 9780061171796
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0060826592
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9780060826598
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-467) and index.
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| Contents
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I: Artifact A: The underground city -- The middleman -- Artifact B: The written world -- The voice of America -- The broken bridge -- Artifact C: The wall -- The overnight city -- II: Starch -- Hollywood -- Artifact D: The voice of the turtle -- At night you're not lonely -- Immigration -- The courtyard -- Artifact E: The bronze head -- Anniversary -- Sichuanese -- III: Artifact F: The book -- Asylum -- Artifact G: The uncracked bone -- The games -- Sand -- Artifact H: The word -- Translation -- Flags -- Straight to video -- Artifact I: The horse -- Wonton western -- Election -- Chinatown -- Artifact J: the criticism -- Artifact K: The lost alphabets -- Encapsulate prime -- Artifact L: The misprinted character -- Patton's tomb -- Artifact Z: The sold words -- Tea.
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Civilization.
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HISTORY.
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Travel.
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China, Civilization.
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China, Description and travel.
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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915.1
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DS712.H458 2006eb
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| Parallel Title
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Journey between China's past and present
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