Title: The Middle Kingdom; a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, &c. of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants. With a new map of the Empire.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The ASIAN COLLECTIONS: GEOGRPAHY OF ASIA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Encompassing data on roughly fifty countries of Eurasia, this collection contains books, periodicals, and maps in the languages of East, South, and Southeast Asia. With detailed analyses of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Peninsula, this collection includes rare material valuable for the study of how the region is historically and geographically distinct from its European neighbours.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Williams, Samuel Wells; 1879. 2 vol.; 8 . 010058.ee.44.

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Title: The Middle Kingdom. A survey of ... the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants. ... Revised edition, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF ASIA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series includes ethnographic and general histories of distinct peripheral coastal regions that comprise South and East Asia. Other works focus on cultural history, archaeology, and linguistics. These books help readers understand the forces that shaped the ancient civilisations and influenced the modern countries of Asia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Williams, Samuel Wells; 1883. 2 vol.; 8 . 010055.gg.15.