Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III A Century of Advance. Book 1: Trade, Missions, Literature
Synopsis
This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance.In Volume III: A Century of Advance, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples.
Book details
- Author:
- Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley
- ISBN:
- 9780226466965
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780226467535, 9780226467658
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2022-07-28
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 1993
- Copyright by:
- The University of Chicago
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction