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Westerners in China : a history of exploration and trade, ancient times through the present
Author
Title
Westerners in China : a history of exploration and trade, ancient times through the present / by Foster Stockwell.
ISBN
0786414049 (softcover : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co. Publishers, c2003.
Physical Description
vi, 226 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Variant and related titles
History of exploration and trade, ancient times through the present
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 12, 2003
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.
Contents
Some basic facts about China
Those who came by three Silk Roads
China's first contacts with the West
The legacy of Marco Polo
Jesuits in China
Prized goods from China
Early Western exploration in Tibet and Yunnan
Aftermath of the Opium War
Americans and the China trade
Role of missionaries in exploration, trade, and culture in China
Przhevalsky : the man and the horse
Distaff explorers
The last imperialist
Cities buried in sand
Rocks and culture
An American dinosaur hunter
The giant panda argument
The communist revolution
The New Zealander who won the hearts of the Chinese
Rapid growth of China's economy
Illusion and reality.
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