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1368 : China and the making of the modern world /

"With the goal of understanding China's future in a changing international landscape, this book offers a new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Akhtar, Ali Humayun (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Five hundred years across the Indian Ocean and South China Sea
  • Global Beijing under the Great Ming
  • Picturing China in Persian along the silk routes
  • Trading with China in Malay along the spice routes
  • Europe's search for the Spice Islands
  • A Sino-Jesuit tradition of science and mapmaking
  • Porcelain across the Dutch Empire
  • Tea across the British Empire
  • China's eclipse and Japan's modernization
  • Epilogue: A new turn to the East.