Westerners in China: A History of Exploration and Trade, Ancient Times through the PresentMcFarland, 3 d’oct. 2015 - 232 pàgines Today the doors of China are opening to foreign investment and trade as never before, but the history of contact between China and the West goes back many centuries. Goods from China were being traded in Rome long before the birth of Christ, transported over the famous silk road that crossed Mongolia and Russia. But not until the mid-fifteenth century, when Marco Polo published his account of his travels, did China really capture the European imagination. Subsequent centuries saw missionary trips to China by Franciscans and Jesuits, a European craze for Chinese silk and porcelain, European visits to Tibet, the infamous Opium War between Britain and China, and further instances of contact, commerce, and conflict. China has shown amazing economic growth since 1949, and today it has set ambitious goals for growth in trade and technology. This book traces the history of Western exploration in and trade with China. It follows the events outlined above and touches on many other highlights, including exploration by the Russian Nikolay Przhevalsky, who traveled deep into China and today is largely remembered for the horse he discovered and identified there; the travels of nineteenth-century women explorers in China; American Roy Chapman's discovery of the first fossilized dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert; and the competition between two American explorers to be the first to capture a live panda. Also included are a chronology of Chinese history and a pronunciation guide. |
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2 Those Who Came by Three Silk Roads | 13 |
3 Chinas First Contacts with the West | 22 |
4 The Legacy of Marco Polo | 32 |
5 Jesuits in China | 42 |
6 Prized Goods from China | 52 |
7 Early Western Exploration in Tibet and Yunnan | 63 |
14 Cities Buried in Sand | 132 |
15 Rocks and Culture | 141 |
16 An American Dinosaur Hunter | 150 |
17 The Giant Panda Argument | 160 |
18 The Communist Revolution | 170 |
19 The New Zealander Who Won the Hearts of the Chinese | 180 |
20 Rapid Growth of Chinas Economy | 191 |
21 Illusion and Reality | 203 |
8 Aftermath of the Opium War | 74 |
9 Americans and the China Trade | 86 |
10 Role of Missionaries in Exploration Trade and Culture in China | 95 |
The Man and the Horse | 105 |
12 Distaff Explorers | 114 |
13 The Last Imperialist | 123 |
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