Chinas Response to the West: A Documentary Survey, 1839-1923, With a New Preface by T - 1979-12-19

Harvard University Press, 1979. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard University Press, 1979. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Harvard University Press. Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition.

Harvard University Press, 1979-12-19. Revised. paperback. Used: Good.

Harvard University Press, 1979-12-19. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Wear/chipping to extremities. FEP has been removed. Clean, unmarked pages.

Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Press, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [xii], 296pp w index. Wrap is clean showing light shelf wear, bottom front corner is bumped. Binding square and not creased. 10th printing, stated For those interested in intellectual history, this book is a brilliant combination of commentary and documents on nearly a century of Chinese thought

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. The present confrontation of Communist China and the United States, on which the future of peace in Asia hinges, is merely the latest phase in a continuing historical process--the remaking of China's ancient society under the stimulus of Western contact. How does it happen that a century of foreign trade and missionary evangelism, of modern education and the training of Chinese students in Western ways, has now resulted in a seeming rejection of the West? What has been the real nature of "China's response to the West" during the past century of our contact? This volume gives the first inside account, on so broad a scale, of how China's leaders reacted to the invasion of Western arms and goods, persons and ideas, during the three generations from the Opium War to the rise of the Kuomintang. In 28 chapters, with translations of 65 key documents, the authors trace the stages by which the scholar-officials of the Middle Kingdom were brought to… Read More