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Asia in the making of Europe . Volume II A century of wonder . Book Three The scholary disciplines / / Donald F. Lach



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Autore: Lach Donald F (Donald Frederick), <1917-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Asia in the making of Europe . Volume II A century of wonder . Book Three The scholary disciplines / / Donald F. Lach Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1994
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 950
Soggetto topico: East and West - Asia - History
Soggetto geografico: Europe Civilization Oriental influences
Asia Discovery and exploration
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER IX. Technology and the Natural Sciences -- CHAPTER X. Cartography and Geography -- CHAPTER XI. Language and Linguistics -- CHAPTER XII. Epilogue -- General Bibliography -- Chapter Bibliographies -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Asia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-53881-0
9786612538810
0-226-46713-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910806278103321
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