The complex interweaving of different Western visions of China had a profound impact on artistic exchange between China and the West during the nineteenth century. Beyond Chinoiserie addresses the complexity of this exchange. While the playful Western “vision of Cathay” formed in the previous century continued to thrive, a more realistic vision of China was increasingly formed ...(展开全部)

Qing Encounters: Artistic Exchanges between China and the West examines how the contact between China and Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries transformed the arts on both sides of the East-West divide. The essays in the volume reveal the extent to which images, artifacts, and natural specimens were traded and copied, and how these materials inflected both cu...(展开全部)

Prior to the nineteenth century, the West occupied an anomalous space in the Chinese imagination, populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals. First-hand accounts and correspondence from Qing envoys and diplomats to Europe unraveled that perception. In this path-breaking study, Jenny Huangfu Day interweaves the history of Qing legation-building with the personal s...(展开全部)

Prior to the nineteenth century, the West occupied an anomalous space in the Chinese imagination, populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals. First-hand accounts and correspondence from Qing envoys and diplomats to Europe unraveled that perception. In this path-breaking study, Jenny Huangfu Day interweaves the history of Qing legation-building with the personal s...(展开全部)

This volume addresses cultural and literary transformation in the late Ming (1550-1644) and late Qing (1851-1911) eras. Although conventionally associated with a devastating sociopolitical crisis, each of these periods was also a time when Chinese culture was rejuvenated. Focusing on the twin themes of crisis and innovation, the seventeen chapters in this book aim to illuminate...(展开全部)

寇志明（Jon Eugene von Kowallis），生长在美国宾州、现任澳大利亚新南威尔士大学中文系教授、澳大利亚东方研究会主席。曾获得哥伦比亚大学学士、夏威夷大学（东西文化中心）硕士、北京大学高级进修生、加州大学伯克利分校东方语（中国文学）博士。曾任中国外文局编译专家、马萨诸塞州威廉士学院中文系主任、墨尔本大学亚洲研究中心主任、佐治亚大学雅尔奇荣誉教授、北京鲁迅博物馆特约研究员、复旦大学植芳讲座教授。专著有《鲁迅旧体诗研究》（The Lyrical Lu Xun：A Study of His Classical-style Verse）、《微妙的革命：清末民初的“旧派”诗人》、《中英对照鲁迅旧体诗》、《精神界战士：鲁迅早期文言论文》（Wamors of the Spirit：The Early Wenyan Essays of Lu Xun，...(展开全部)

This book explores the development of late 19th century study societies in China against the context of the decline of the imperial Qing government and its control on ideological production, widespread social unrest, and intrusions by Western imperialist states. The author uncovers the history of civil society activism in China by examining the study societies in Shanghai, Beij...(展开全部)

This book explores the development of late 19th century study societies in China against the context of the decline of the imperial Qing government and its control on ideological production, widespread social unrest, and intrusions by Western imperialist states. The author uncovers the history of civil society activism in China by examining the study societies in Shanghai, Beij...(展开全部)

This book, full of quantitative evidence and limited-circulation archives, details manufacturing and the beginnings of industrialization in China from 1644 to 1911. It thoroughly examines the interior organization of public craft production and the complementary activities of the private sector. It offers detailed knowledge of shipbuilding and printing. Moreover, it contributes...(展开全部)

This book, full of quantitative evidence and limited-circulation archives, details manufacturing and the beginnings of industrialization in China from 1644 to 1911. It thoroughly examines the interior organization of public craft production and the complementary activities of the private sector. It offers detailed knowledge of shipbuilding and printing. Moreover, it contributes...(展开全部)