%0 Journal Article %T Mark Elvin. The Pattern of the Chinese Past. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1973. Pp. 346. $12.50 and John Meskill, editor, with the assistance of J. Mason Gentzler. An Introduction to Chinese Civilization. (Prepared as one of the Companions to Asian Studies.) New York: Columbia University Press. 1973. Pp. 699. $17.50. Paper-bound edition published by D. C. Heath and Company, Lexington, Mass., $6.95 %A Dietrich, Craig %J The American Historical Review %V 79 %N 1 %P 209-210 %@ 0002-8762 %D 1974-02-01 %I Oxford University Press %~ DeepDyve