Western Images of China

Name: Western Images of China
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ISBN: 9780195907384

ISBN-10: 0195907388

ISBN-13: 9780195907384

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Colin Mackerras

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This book discusses the ways in which Westerners, from the earliest times until the late 1980s, have perceived China - both the China of their own times and that of the past. It also provides a fresh evaluation of Western ideas about China and includes a new account of the most recent period.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Western Images of China Until 1949



Early Western Images of China



Jesuit Missionaries and the Philosophers



Nineteenth-Century Imperialism and China



The First Half of the Twentieth Century



Western Images of the People's Republic of China



Contemporary Images of the People's Republic of China, 1949-66



The Cultural Revolution, 1966-76: Images of a Present and Past Decade



Images of Post-Mao China, 1976-89



Western Images since 1989: Politics and International Relations



Western Images since 1989: Economics and Society, the Future



Conclusion


Afterword


Works cited


Index