Encountering China : Early Modern European Responses 9781611484397, 9781611484823

Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication

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Encountering China : Early Modern European Responses
9781611484397, 9781611484823

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The role of contract in early modern Chinese economic life, when acknowledged at all, is usually presented as a minor on

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