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Jewish wayfarers in modern China : tragedy and splendor / Matthias Messmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Messmer, Matthias, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish travelers--China.
- Jewish travelers.
- China--Description and travel.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China: Tragedy and Splendor is a cross-cultural collection of carefully researched and well-documented biographies of many previously little known Western visitors to China who experienced at first hand China's revolution and rise in the 20th century. Their experiences and insights can help readers to better appreciate the complex situation of modern China today, for they have a timeless quality.
- Contents:
- The long established: Jewish old China hands
- Jewish travelers: temporarily and voluntarily in China
- Refugees driven from Europe to the Far East
- "Foreign experts" and supporters of Mao's revolution.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-20927-0
- 1-280-65966-1
- 9786613636591
- 0-7391-6939-4
- OCLC:
- 845244734
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