China Charts the World: Hsu Chi-yü and His Geography of 1848Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Scholar-Official from Shansi -- The “Intractable Barbarians” -- In Touch with a New World -- A Victim of Conservatism -- The Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh -- Governor Hsu's Image of the World -- Danger in China's Maritime Sphere -- Threatened on the Inner Asian Frontier -- The “Barbarian” Base in Europe -- Despair in Africa, Hope in America -- Return to China's Heartland -- Conclusion -- Works Cited in the Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh: Titles, Authors, and Location in the 1848 Edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs. |
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... Asia held by China is not quite half ... Europe is at the extreme northwest corner of Asia . The land and the sea mutually gnaw and swallow one another [ the sea coast is very uneven ] . It is not even one - fourth the size of Asia ...
... Asia held by China is not quite half ... Europe is at the extreme northwest corner of Asia . The land and the sea mutually gnaw and swallow one another [ the sea coast is very uneven ] . It is not even one - fourth the size of Asia ...
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... Asian arc around Chinese - controlled lands with a treat- ment of the Moslem states in Western and Central Asia . Following a general description of Europe , Hsu completed China's ring with a treatment of Russia . The account then ...
... Asian arc around Chinese - controlled lands with a treat- ment of the Moslem states in Western and Central Asia . Following a general description of Europe , Hsu completed China's ring with a treatment of Russia . The account then ...
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... Asia he based his study chiefly on Chinese documenta- tion . The detailed evaluation of the states presented in this ... Asia was originally the ancient place name for " Turkey Minor " ( T'u - erh - ch'i mai - no ; ... 2 Westerners know ...
... Asia he based his study chiefly on Chinese documenta- tion . The detailed evaluation of the states presented in this ... Asia was originally the ancient place name for " Turkey Minor " ( T'u - erh - ch'i mai - no ; ... 2 Westerners know ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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