Qing travellers to the Far West: diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China

"Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the countries of Europe were populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals in the Chinese imagination. Firsthand Chinese accounts of Europe unraveled this perception"...

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Main Author: Day, Jenny Huangfu 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2018
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Summary:"Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the countries of Europe were populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals in the Chinese imagination. Firsthand Chinese accounts of Europe unraveled this perception"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:275 Seiten
ISBN:9781108471329

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