Islam in China
Subtitle: A History of European and American Scholarship
Publisher: Gorgias Press, LLC
Published: 2021
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781463242961
Subjects: Asia, history
Description: "This book explores the historical development of Chinese Islamic studies in the West in different periods, as first missionaries and then orientalists engaged with the region and sought to understand its Muslim populations. Each period is defined by its own sociological and ideological background, reflecting the development of Sino-foreign relations, the history of cultural exchanges, and more"--