Loading...
Imagined civilizations : China, the West, and their first encounter /
"Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562-...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Published: |
Baltimore:
John Hopkins University Press,
2013
|
| Subjects: |