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Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology

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by D. E. Mungello, David E. Mungello (Introduction)D. E. Mungello

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ISBN-13:	9780824859190
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	06/01/2016
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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How the Jesuit accomodation to internal events in China laid the foundation for modern study of China in the West. First published as Studia Leibnitiana, Supplementa 25 (1985) by Fritz Steiner Verlag. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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