It would be impossible to overstate the importance of Frederic Wakeman to the field of Chinese history. He was simply one of the giants. This month UCTV has posted on Youtuve a 3-part lecture series given by Professor Wakeman only months before he passed... ...full story at Granite Studio
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Qing Culturalism and Manchu Identity »
YouTube video UC Berkeley's Frederic Wakeman, widely regarded as one of the world's finest China scholars, gave what turned out to be his last public lecture series on the history of China in April, 2006. In Part Three of this series, Wakeman explores the foundation of... |
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