China in European encyclopaedias, 1700-1850
By: by Georg Lehner
Series: European expansion and indigenous response
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9789004201507
Subjects: Historiography; Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Civilization; History; History and criticism
Other titles: China in European encyclopedias, 1700-1850
Description: "This book shows how knowledge about China became part of European general knowledge. It examines English, French, and German encyclopaedias published between 1700 and 1850 and explores the use and presentation of information on China in works of general knowledge. The first chapters explore the origins of early European perceptions of China until 1850, the development of European encyclopaedias, and the sources used for entries on China. The second major part of the book examines the ways in which encyclopaedias presented information on things Chinese (geography, government, economy, history, language and literature, arts and sciences) and how this information was shaped, expanded, perpetuated, revised, and updated."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.