The Sextants of Beijing: Global Currents in Chinese History
by Waley-Cohen, Joanna
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New York: W. W. Norton, 2000. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Published as Norton Paperback 2000, First Printing. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover illustration: The Eastern Hemisphere, Chinese Map), 1790 Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Kartenabteilung. 4 Maps. Clean, unmarked, illustrated wraps with light wear to corners; binding tight and solid; pages14, 16, 18, and 19 have some lines lightly underlined, otherwise pages completely unmarked, no creases. The sextants of Berlin symbolizes a long-standing, tangled, cultural relationship between China and the West, and also stands for China's curiosity about other cultures. Joanna Waley-Cohen, professor of history at New York University, puts to rest the long-held myth that Chinese civilization is monolithic, unchanging, and perennially cut off from the rest of the world. She helps us understand the many levels in which China, from the days of the silk road to the present, have had fertile relations with other Asian cultures and with the West. 322 pages. Index, Notes, Further Readings. 8vo. 2000, W.W. Norton.
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- Title
- The Sextants of Beijing: Global Currents in Chinese History
- Author
- Waley-Cohen, Joanna
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
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- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0393320510
- ISBN 13
- 9780393320510
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CHINA, HISTORY CHINESE CIVILIZATION ASIAN CULTURES COMMUNIST PARTY FOREIGN RELATIONS BUDDHISM ASTRONOMY CHIANG KAISHEK CHINA IMPERIAL EUROPE-CHINA-RELATIONS
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