Western Images of ChinaThis book discusses the ways in which Westerners, from the earliest times until the late 1980s, have perceived China--both the China of their own time and the China of the past. Examining sources from all media, the author demonstrates the enormous variety in Western images of China over the centuries--at certain times China has constituted a model for schools of thought in the West, while at others the country has been viewed as a threat. |
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Early Western Images of China | 15 |
Jesuit Missionaries and the Philosophers | 28 |
NineteenthCentury Imperialism and China | 43 |
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