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CITY OF HEAVENLY TRANQUILLITY : BEIJING IN THE HISTORY OF CHINA by BECKER, JASPER (Hardcover - 2008) ISBN: 9780713999983 Subject: CHINA Publisher: ALLEN LANE The great city of Peking, capital of China from the 9th century, and given its form for five hundred years by the Ming Dynasty, was for a millennium one of the most extraordinary places on earth. This book tells the history of this great city, and through it provides a highly engaging summary history of China. |
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