Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III : A Century of Advance. Book 1: Trade, Missions, Literature

This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the __New York Times Book Review__, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance. In Volume III: __A Century of Advance__, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples. Contents List of Abbreviations Note to Illustrations List of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Introduction PART I The Continuing Expansion in the East Introduction CHAPTER I Empire and Trade CHAPTER II The Christian Mission PART II The Printed Word Introduction Chapter III: THE IBERIAN LITERATURE CHAPTER IV The Italian Literature CHAPTER V The French Literature CHAPTER VI The Netherlandish Literature CHAPTER VII The German and Danish Literature CHAPTER VIII The English Literature Index Part of a series which studies the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. Volume III, Book One examines Christian missions, trade and conquest in the East and the histories, reports, letterbooks and travelogues of 17th-century Europe.