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"Western Learning" and Christianity in China: The Contribution and Impact of Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592-1666). (ed. Malek, Roman). 2 Volumes. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, Vol. XXXV. (Multiple languages). Sankt Augustin: Steyler Verlag, Nettetal, 1998.
Wildman, Rounsevelle. China's Open Door: A Sketch of Chinese Life and History. (Originally published 1900 - available on-line at Google Books). Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1900.
Wildman, Rounsevelle. China's Open Door: A Sketch of Chinese Life and History. (Intro. Charles Denby). (Originally published 1900). Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2007.
Wilson, Thomas A. Genealogy of the Way: The Construction and Uses of the Confucian Tradition in late Imperial China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995.
Writing and Law in Late Imperial China: Crime, Conflict, and Judgment. (eds. Hegel, Robert E.; Carlitz, Katherine). Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 2009.
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Xiao, Li-ling. The eternal present of the past: illustration, theatre, and reading in the Wanli period, 1573-1619. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishing, 2007.
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Yang, Erzeng. The story of Han Xiangzi: the alchemical adventures of a Daoist immortal. (trans. Philip Clart). Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2007.
Ye, Yang. Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-P in Anthology. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999.
Yueh, Nan; Yang, Shih; Zhang, Tingquan; Sneck, Bertha. The dead suffered too: The excavation of a Ming tomb. 1st ed. Panda Books. Beijing: Chinese Literature Press; Distributed by China International Book Trading Corporation, 1996.
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Zheng, Zhenman. Family lineage organization and social change in Ming and Qing Fujian. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
Zurndorfer, H. T. Change and Continuity in Chinese Local History: The Development of Hui-Chou Prefecture 800 to 1800. Sinica Leidensia Series, 20. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 1989.
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