China in European encyclopaedias, 1700-1850 / by Georg Lehner.

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 orig...

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Main Author: Lehner, Georg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 9.
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