Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization by Yu, Xing

Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780761862000)

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Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization by Yu, Xing

Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization

$126.00
Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization by Yu, Xing

Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization

$126.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book argues that a primitive society is formed on the basis of kinship ties while a civilized society is formed on the basis of language. Yu presents a new theory about the importance of language in the growth of the state.


Author: Xing Yu
ISBN-10: 0761862005
ISBN-13: 9780761862000
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2013
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.60d
By Xing Yu
By Xing Yu
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Xing Yu is a political scientist who taught at two universities in China in the 1980s and 1990s. He obtained a bachelor's degree in art from Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute in Chongqing, China in 1982, and a master's degree in law from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1985. He now works as a freelance writer and translator in British Columbia, Canada.

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