Asia in the making of Europe. Volume I, The century of discovery. Book two /
Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writing...
| Основен автор: | Lach, Donald F. 1917- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
1965
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=333844 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Asia in the making of Europe. |
| Резюме: |
Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 493-965 pages, [24] pages of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 837-912) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226467092 0226467090 0226467325 9780226467320 |