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China from the ruins of Athens and Rome : classics, sinology, and romanticism, 1793-1938 / Chris Murray

First edition.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Englisch

This edition also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 25, 2020)

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-182124-0 (ebook)

978-0-19-876701-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1193306121     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/oso/9780198767015.001.0001

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LOC-SH: Civilization, Classical -- Influence ; China -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 19th century ; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China ; China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain ; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century

Fascinated and often baffled by China, Anglophone writers have turned to classics to provide interpretative paradigms and narrative shape to inform their understanding. This volume reveals key insights into British cosmopolitanism, which sought its bearings in the ancient past in encounters with Qing Dynasty China.