UID:
almafu_9961373547702883
Format:
1 online resource (231 p.)
ISBN:
1-61148-439-1
Series Statement:
Aper©ıcus: histories texts cultures : a Bucknell series
Content:
Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though they were also critical of some local traditions and practices.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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European responses to child abandonment, sale of children and social welfare policies in Ming China / Rachana Sachdev -- Of golden lilies and gentlewomen : constructions of Chinese women in early modern European travel narratives / Qingjun Li -- Earlier moderns : the novel form as national development in China and Europe / Daniel Dooghan -- "A strong resemblance" : Samuel Richardson, Chinese talent-beauty novels, and a secret origin of "world literature" / Ning Ma -- 'Magicians, enchanters, and professional crooks' : early modern understandings of Daoism / Ronnie Littlejohn -- Buddhism and idolatry / Terry Logan Mazurak.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-61148-482-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-61148-438-3
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
