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China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his characteristic elegance and insight, Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over seven centuries. Ranging from Marco Polo's own depiction of China and the mighty Khan, Kublai, in... read more
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First Sentence edit
IT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO THE COURSE OF OUR own exploration that the first Western work devoted mainly to China should be evasive and problematic.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jonathan D. Spence (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0393027473
Page Count: 279
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0393027473
Page Count: 279
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951
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