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Great Books of China
Av Frances Wood
Häftad, 2023
152 kr
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Discover – or rediscover – the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization.Great Books of China offers concise introductions – each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question – to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature.The books chosen …
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Diplomacy in a Chaotic China during the First World War: Penguin Specials
Av Frances Wood
E-bok, 2014
89 kr
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The ripple effects of the First World War came at an inopportune time for the infant Chinese republic. The country had joined a number of international organisations and ratified the Hague Conventions, but found its diplomatic efforts hampered by its young, inexperienced leadership, its factional …
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Av Frances Wood
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made …
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Av Frances Wood
E-bok, 2018
803 kr
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We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made …
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Av Frances Wood
E-bok, 2018
803 kr
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We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made …
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Av Frances Wood
Häftad, 1998
795 kr
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We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made …
Bringing Heaven to Earth
Chinese Silver Jewellery and Ornament in the Late Qing Dynasty
Av Frances Wood, Elizabeth Herridge
Häftad, 2020
495 kr
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Betrayed Ally
China in the Great War
Av Christopher Arnander, Frances Wood
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In 1912 the Qing Dynasty had ended. President Yuan Shikai, who seized power in 1914, offered the British 50,000 troops to recover the German colony in …
Great Books of China
From Ancient Times to the Present
Av Frances Wood
E-bok, 2017
290 kr
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Great Books of China invites readers to discover—or rediscover—some of the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. The literature of China remains largely unknown in the West, yet it offers much insight into Chinese life. The long continuity of Chinese culture means that texts …
Great Books of China
Av Frances Wood
E-bok, 2017
158 kr
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Discover – or rediscover – the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. Great Books of China offers concise introductions – each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question – to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature. The books chosen …
Aeneas Anderson in China
A Narrative of the Ill-Fated Macartney Embassy 1792-94
Häftad, 2019
309 kr
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Lure of China
Writers from Marco Polo to J. G. Ballard
Av Frances Wood
Inbunden, 2010
280 kr
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Medieval travellers like Marco Polo created a romantic picture of a distant and exotic land while subsequent Jesuit and diplomatic missions sought to correct the more lurid depictions with first-hand accounts. In the mid-nineteenth century China was opened to travellers, collectors and writers of …
Christmas Carol Leaflets from Raphael's Pictures. with Borders and Words by F. H. Wood.
Av Frances Wood, Raffaello Sanzio
Häftad, 2011
223 kr
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Great Books of China
From Ancient Times to the Present
Av Frances Wood
Inbunden, 2017
276 kr
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