TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aldridge, A. Owen.
TI  - The dragon and the eagle: the presence of China in the American enlightenment
SN  - 081432455X
U1  - 303.48273051 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Wayne State University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - China
KW  - Civilization--Chinese influences
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - International relations
N1  - Preface (starting p. 7) --
Acknowledgments (starting p. 11) --
1 The Pre-American Background (starting p. 13) --
2 Confucius and Chinese Religion (starting p. 23) --
3 Lafitau and that Precious Root: Ginseng (starting p. 47) --
4 Chinese Precursors of a Franklin Myth (starting p. 66) --
5 Franklin's "Letter from China" (starting p. 75) --
6 Franklin, Paine, and Jefferson (starting p. 85) --
7 The China Trade (starting p. 98) --
8 Traders and Mariners (starting p. 120) --
9 The Emperor and the Plough (starting p. 144) --
10 The Embassy of Van Braam Houckgeest (starting p. 161) --
11 The Premises of Proclus (starting p. 182) --
12 The American Marco Polo: The Magnum Opus of Robert Waln, Jr. (starting p. 192) --
13 The Relevant Writings of Robert Waln, Jr. (starting p. 211) --
14 An American Travel Liar (starting p. 236) --
15 Timid Exoticism: Or China of the Imagination (starting p. 244) --
16 Conclusions and Conjectures (starting p. 264) --
Appendix: American Imprints Concerning China Before 1826 (starting p. 269) --
Bibliography (starting p. 273) --
Index (starting p. 281)
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