China in Antiquity / by Maspero, Henri, 1883-1945, author 538813, Kierman, Frank Algerton, 1914- 538815

“…Published as La Chine antique in 1927, and revised in 1955, the French version of this book has long been the bible for those beginning the study of ancient China. Henri Maspero, who succeeded Chavannes at the College de France in 1920, was one of the heroic figures of 20th-century Western Sinology. …”