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The China collectors : America's century-long hunt for Asian art treasures /

Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of east Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meyer, Karl E. (Karl Ernest), 1937- (Author), Brysac, Shareen Blair (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Art, Chinese > Appreciation > United States.
Art > Collectors and collecting > United States > History > 19th century.
Art > Collectors and collecting > United States > History > 20th century.
ART / Asian.
ART / Art & Politics.
ART / History / General.
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Summary:Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of east Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt in China from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong's 1949 ascent.
Physical Description:ix, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137279767 (hardcover)
1137279761 (hardcover)