Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 4: East Asia (Asia in the Making of Europe Volume III)

First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization. Annotation This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in theNew 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 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. 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 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 Book Four List of Abbreviations Note to Illustrations List of Illustrations List of Maps Chapter XX: China: The Late Ming Dynasty Chapter XXI: China: The Early Ch'ing Dynasty Chapter XXII: China's Periphery Chapter XXIII: Japan Chapter XXIV: Epilogue: A Composite Picture General Bibliography Chapter Bibliographies Cumulative Index The Ming (1368-1644) was a native, or Han, Chinese dynasty which stood chronologically between the foreign Mongol (Yuan, 1280-1368) and Manchu (Ch'ing, 1644-1912) dynasties.