China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20150-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: European Expansion and Indigenous Response

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lehner, Georg

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Backgrounds of Knowledge
2. Formations of Knowledge
3. Canonizing China
4. Geography
5. Population and Society
6. Government, Politics and Economy
7. History
8. Language and Literature
9. Philosophy and Religion
10. Arts, Sciences, and Technologies
Conclusion
Bibliography
Name Index

Über Autor(innen)

Georg Lehner, Ph. D. (1995) in History, University of Vienna, Austria, teaches Modern History at the University of Vienna. His research and publications focus on the history of Sino-Western relations and on European conceptions of China.