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The Chan's great continent : China in western minds / Jonathan D. Spence.

Title
The Chan's great continent : China in western minds / Jonathan D. Spence.
Author
Spence, Jonathan D.
Publication
London : Penguin, 1999.

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Description
XVIII, 279 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
In The Chan's Great Continent Jonathan Spence sets out to explore the intricacies of western attitudes as they have developed over centuries of trade, conflict and sometimes edgy co-existence.
Subject
  • Civilization, Western > Chinese influences
  • China
  • China > Civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index.
Contents
The worlds of Marco Polo -- The Catholic century -- The realist voyages -- Deliberate fictions -- Matters of enlightenment -- Women observers -- China at home -- The French exotic -- An American exotic? -- Radical visions -- Mystiques of power -- Genius at play.
ISBN
  • 0140281746
  • 9780140281743
OCLC
  • 59433048
  • SCSB-13730875
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library