China from the ruins of Athens and Rome : classics, sinology, and romanticism, 1793-1938 / Chris Murray.
2020
DS754.18
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Title
China from the ruins of Athens and Rome : classics, sinology, and romanticism, 1793-1938 / Chris Murray.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191821240 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
DS754.18
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.4825104109034
Summary
Fascinated and often baffled by China, Anglophone writers have turned to classics to provide interpretative paradigms and narrative shape to inform their understanding. This volume reveals key insights into British cosmopolitanism, which sought its bearings in the ancient past in encounters with Qing Dynasty China.
Note
Fascinated and often baffled by China, Anglophone writers have turned to classics to provide interpretative paradigms and narrative shape to inform their understanding. This volume reveals key insights into British cosmopolitanism, which sought its bearings in the ancient past in encounters with Qing Dynasty China.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 25, 2020).
Series
Classical presences.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198767015
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