China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850

China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 421
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ISBN-10 : 9789004201507
ISBN-13 : 9004201505
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Download or read book China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850 written by Georg Lehner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows the ways in which English, French, and German eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century encyclopaedias dealt with things Chinese, offering an analysis of the broad variety of sources and an overview of the main strands of discourse on China.


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