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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
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. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108471329 1108471323 |