Related Books

The Invention of China in Early Modern England
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Jonathan E. Lux
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-01 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Invention of China in Early Modern England describes how several different English communities became aware of China. It begins by describing how early mode
The Invention of China
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Bill Hayton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-02 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism" (Foreign Policy), this provocative account shows that "China"--and its 5,000 years of unified history--is a natio
The Laws and Economics of Confucianism
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: Taisu Zhang
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Zhang argues that property institutions in preindustrial China and England were a cause of China's lagging development in preindustrial times.
Early Modern Britain, 1450–1750
Language: en
Pages: 491
Authors: John Miller
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This introductory textbook provides a wide-ranging survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of early modern Britain, charting the gradual
Encountering China
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Rachana Sachdev
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-01 - Publisher: Bucknell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attemp