With his characteristic elegance and insight, Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over seven centuries. Ranging from Marco Polo's own depiction of China and the mighty Khan, Kublai, in the s to the China sightings of three twentieth-century writers of acknowled China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations/5. "Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles . "Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles Times Book Review/5(22).
The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds. By Jonathan D. Spence. Published by W.W. Norton Company Ltd. China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between those civilizations. With characteristic elegance and insight. Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over seven centuries. Read "The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds" by Jonathan D. Spence available from Rakuten Kobo. "Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interes. Jonathan D. Spence, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, was born in England on Aug, the son of Dermot and Muriel Crailsham Spence. His was a lettered family. Professor Spence's maternal grandfather taught at Clifton College in Bristol during the Great War, and his mother, who attended secondary school in London, was.
China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his characteristic elegance and insight, Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over. With his characteristic elegance and insight, Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over seven centuries. Ranging from Marco Polo's own depiction of China and the mighty Khan, Kublai, in the s to the China sightings of three twentieth-century writers of acknowledged genius-Kafka, Borges, and Calvino-Spence conveys Western thought on China through a remarkable array of expression. "Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles Times Book Review China has transfixed the West since.
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