China in European encyclopaedias, 1700-1850 / by Georg Lehner.

• Superior document: European expansion and indigenous response, v. 9
• Author: Lehner, Georg.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (420 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Lehner -- Chapter One. Backgrounds Of Knowledge / G. Lehner -- Chapter Two. Formations Of Knowledge / G. Lehner -- Chapter Three. Canonizing China / G. Lehner -- Chapter Four. Geography / G. Lehner -- Chapter Five. Population And Society / G. Lehner -- Chapter Six. Government, Politics And Economy / G. Lehner -- Chapter Seven. History / G. Lehner -- Chapter Eight. Language And Literature / G. Lehner -- Chapter Nine. Philosophy And Religion / G. Lehner -- Chapter Ten. Arts, Sciences, And Technologies / G. Lehner -- Conclusion / G. Lehner -- Bibliography / G. Lehner -- Index / G. Lehner.