Westerners in China: A History of Exploration and Trade, Ancient Times Through the Present

ISBN-13: 9780786414048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 232 str.

Foster Stockwell

Opis

When the first Westerners reached China, they described it as a land of unusual wealth, but by the 1850s, the country had become very poor. This is a comprehensive history of exploration and trade in China between Westerners and Chinese, including a chronology of Chinese history.