The Golden Wing: A Sociological Study of Chinese Familism
by Yueh-Hwa, Lin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge holding. Binding sound. Pages tanned with occasional minor marginal notes. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with bumped corners, edge rubbing, wear at extremities of spine. ; Sociological study written as a novel. ; International Library of Sociology and Social Reconstruction; Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 234 pages.
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- Seller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3730081
- Title
- The Golden Wing: A Sociological Study of Chinese Familism
- Author
- Yueh-Hwa, Lin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- ASIA, CHINA, CHINESE, FAMILY LIFE, SOCIOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences; Asia;
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
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