Taiwan's imagined geography : Chinese colonial travel writing and pictures, 1683-1895 /
"Until 350 years ago, the Chinese considered Taiwan a "savage island" beyond the pale of Chinese civilization. When the Qing conquered the island in 1683, the court debated the value of colonizing this "ball of mud." Yet, two centuries later, in 1895, Chinese writers lamente...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Auteur principal: | Teng, Emma (Auteur) |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
Publié: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press,
2004.
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Collection: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
230. |
Sujets: | |
Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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