The dragon and the eagle: the presence of China in the American enlightenment/ A. Owen Aldridge
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TextPublication details: Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993Description: 287p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 081432455X; 9780814324554Subject(s): United States | China | Civilization--Chinese influences | Intellectual life | International relationsDDC classification: 303.48273051 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 303.48273051 ALD/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P04452 |
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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