The origins of oriental civilization
/ Walter A. Fairservis, JR.
- New York : The New American Library, 1959
- 191 p.
1. Unity and Utopia ...................................... 9 2. The Earliest Foundations .............................. 14 3. The Pleistocene and East Asia ......................... 26 4. Earliest Asians: Java ................................. 33 5. Earliest Asians: China ................................ 45 6. Cultures of the Pleistocene ........................... 57 7. Origins of the Chinese ................................ 71 8. Legendary Origins ..................................... 76 9. Dawn Over the Yellow River ............................ 82 10. Kansu—Link to the West? .............................. 102 11. The Shang ............................................ 114 12. China—In Retrospect .................................. 132 13. Japan: A Paradox ..................................... 141 14. At the Fringe ........................................ 162 Bibliography and Notes ............................... 181 Index ................................................ 189