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Mark Edward Lewis Author & Editor

Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University.

The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons cover

The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons

3 contributors - Hardback

£91.00

China between Empires cover

China between Empires

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£21.95

China’s Cosmopolitan Empire cover

China’s Cosmopolitan Empire

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£21.95

The Early Chinese Empires cover

The Early Chinese Empires

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£21.95

The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons cover

The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons

3 contributors - Paperback

£27.99

Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia cover

Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£18.00

Honor and Shame in Early China cover

Honor and Shame in Early China

Mark Edward Lewis - Hardback

£36.00

Sanctioned Violence in Early China cover

Sanctioned Violence in Early China

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£27.00

Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought cover

Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£18.00

Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought cover

Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought

Mark Edward Lewis - Hardback

£55.00

Writing and Authority in Early China cover

Writing and Authority in Early China

Mark Edward Lewis - Paperback

£29.00