2008, ISBN: 9780226467085

The Century of Discovery. Book 1. eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influence… Mehr…

The Century of Discovery. Book 1. eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history.Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together &quote;everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps&quote; (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe. [PU: University of Chicago Press], Seiten: 584, University of Chicago Press, 2008<

ISBN: 9780226467085

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through … Mehr…

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history. Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe. Digital Content>E-books>World History>Asia History>Asia History, University of Chicago Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780226467085

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through … Mehr…

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history.Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together "everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps" (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.; PDF; History & Transport > Humamities, University of Chicago Press<

ISBN: 9780226467085

By Donald F. Lach PRINT ISBN: 9780226467313 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780226467085 Edition: 1 University of Chicago Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Univers… Mehr…

By Donald F. Lach PRINT ISBN: 9780226467313 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780226467085 Edition: 1 University of Chicago Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., University of Chicago Press<

2008, ISBN: 9780226467085

The Century of Discovery. Book 1. eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2008