Books about Chinese Culture & Civilization

Chinese civilization is historically considered a dominant culture of East Asia. With China being one of the earliest ancient civilizations, Chinese culture exerts profound influence on the philosophy, virtue, etiquette, and traditions of Asia (Excerpted from Wikipedia)

Recommended Reading

China at Work - An Illustrated Record of the Primitive Industries of China's Masses, Whose Life is Toil, and Thus an Account of Chinese Civilization

Chinese Connoisseurship: The Ko Ku Yao Lun, The Essential Criteria of Antiquities

The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period

Living Heritage: Vernacular Environment in China

Imperial China, 900–1800

The Chinese Scholar's Desk

The Arts of an Addiction: Qing Dynasty Opium Pipes and Accessories

Opium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition

Chinese Arts and Crafts

The art of opium antiques

Chinese Ancestor Worship: A Practice and Ritual Oriented Approach to Understanding Chinese Culture

Chinese Folk Arts

Bamboo in China: Arts, Crafts and a Cultural History (Discovering China)

Shanghai: Art of the City

The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; With an Account of the ... Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc

Ancient China: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient History of China and the Chinese Civilization Starting from the Shang Dynasty to the Fall of the Han Dynasty