Westerners in China : a history of exploration and trade, ancient times through the present / by Foster Stockwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stockwell, Foster.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europeans--China--History.

Europeans.

Americans--China--History.

Americans.

History.

China.

Physical Description:

vi, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Other Title:

History of exploration and trade, ancient times through the present

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2003]

Summary:

This book traces the history of Western exploration in and trade with China. It includes exploration by the Russian Nikolay Przhevalsky, who traveled deep into China and today is largely remembered for the horse he discovered and identified there; the travels of nineteenth-century women explorers in China; American Roy Chapman's discovery of the first fossilized dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert; and the competition between two American explorers to be the first to capture a live panda. Also included are a chronology of Chinese history and a pronunciation guide.

Contents:

Some basic facts about China

Those who came by three Silk Roads

China's first contacts with the West

The legacy of Marco Polo

Jesuits in China

Prized goods from China

Early Western exploration in Tibet and Yunnan

Aftermath of the Opium War

Americans and the China trade

Role of missionaries in exploration, trade, and culture in China

Przhevalsky : the man and the horse

Distaff explorers

The last imperialist

Cities buried in sand

Rocks and culture

An American dinosaur hunter

The giant panda argument

The communist revolution

The New Zealander who won the hearts of the Chinese

Rapid growth of China's economy

Illusion and reality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.

ISBN:

0786414049

OCLC:

50868270