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A singular case : debating China's political economy in the European Enlightenment /
Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy"--Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and interna...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;
69. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy"--Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade -- "The science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations -- "Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures -- "Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology -- Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state." |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773549166 0773549161 9780773549173 077354917X |