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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan D Spence |
| ISBN: | 0393309940 : 9780393309942 |
| OCLC Number: | 28303874 |
| Description: | xiii, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The Paris years of Arcadio Huang -- The peregrinations of Mendes Pinto -- Matteo Ricci and the ascent to Peking -- Gamble in China -- Malraux's Temptation -- Looking east : the long view -- The seven ages of K'ang-hsi -- The energies of Ming life -- A painter's circles -- Collapse of a purist -- A vibrant doctrine -- The dialogue of Chinese science -- Being Chinese -- Food -- Medicine -- Taxes -- Opium -- Cock's blood and Browning pistols -- Film and politics : Bai Hua's Bitter love -- Tiananmen -- Poetry and physics : the spirits of opposition -- Arthur Wright -- Arthur Waley -- John Fairbank -- Fang Chao-ying. |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan D. Spence. |
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