Asia in the Making of Europe

Donald F. Lach

ISBN 10: 0226467651 / ISBN 13: 9780226467658

Published by The University Of Chicago Press Dez 1998, 1998

About this Item

Neuware - This monumental series, acclaimed as a 'masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship' in the' New York Times Book Review,' reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance.In Volume III: 'A Century of Advance,' the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples.

Seller Inventory # 9780226467658

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Asia in the Making of Europe
• Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press Dez 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226467651
• ISBN 13: 9780226467658
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 168H x 50D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 168 millimeters height by 50 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1002 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance.

In Volume III: A Century of Advance, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples.

About the Author

Donald F. Lach is the Bernadotte E. Schmitt Professor Emeritus in modern history at the University of Chicago.