Joseph W. Esherick
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Esherick, Joseph.
Ancestral leaves : a family journey through Chinese history / Joseph W. Esherick.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-520-26699-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-520-26700-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ye family. 2.
China—Biography. 3. China—Genealogy.
4. China—History. I. Title.
CS1169.Y42 2011
929'.20951—dc22
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