Sojourners in a Strange Land

Sojourners in a Strange Land
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9780226355597
ISBN-13 : 0226355594
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Download or read book Sojourners in a Strange Land written by Florence C. Hsia and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesuit missionaries astonished the Chinese with maps, clocks astrolabes and armillaries. Florence Hsia examines ways in which the Jesuits used Western science to help establish a credible presence in China in the 16th-18th centuries.


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