| China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850 Contributor(s): Lehner, Georg (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004201505 ISBN-13: 9789004201507 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 951.007 |
| LCCN: 2011010108 |
| Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (1.80 lbs) 420 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book shows how knowledge about China became part of European general knowledge. It examines English, French, and German encyclopaedias published between 1700 and 1850 and explores the use and presentation of information on China in works of general knowledge. The first chapters explore the origins of early European perceptions of China until 1850, the development of European encyclopaedias, and the sources used for entries on China. The second major part of the book examines the ways in which encyclopaedias presented information on things Chinese (geography, government, economy, history, language and literature, arts and sciences) and how this information was shaped, expanded, perpetuated, revised, and updated. |