Frances Wood, a well-known historian of China and Chinese culture, was for many years head of the Chinese collections at the British Library. She has lectured widely, created exhibitions, and written a number of books including China”s First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors, The Silk Road, and the Blue Guide to China.
10 Ebooks de Frances Wood
Frances Wood: Great Books of China
Great Books of China invites readers to discoverâor rediscoverâsome of the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. The literature of China remains largely unknown in the West, yet it …
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€18.99
Frances Wood: Did Marco Polo Go To China?
We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at th …
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Frances Wood: Did Marco Polo Go To China?
We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at th …
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€56.37
Frances Wood: Betrayed Ally
The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community.In 1912 the Qing Dynasty had ended. President Yuan Shikai, …
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€6.42
Frances Wood: Great Books of China
Discover or rediscover the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization.Great Books of China offers concise introductions each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from th …
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€11.46
Victor H. Mair & Sanping Chen: Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization
3000 years of Chinese history presented through the lives of ninety-six illustrious participants from all periods and all parts of the country China is the most populous country on earth, with the lo …
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€25.99
Da Zheng: Shih-I Hsiung
In 1933, Shih-I Hsiung (19021991), a student from China, met with Allardyce Nicoll, a Shakespearean scholar at the University of London, to discuss his Ph D study in English drama. After learning abo …
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€45.04
Frances Wood & Frances Wood: Picnics Prohibited
The ripple effects of the First World War came at an inopportune time for the infant Chinese republic. The country had joined a number of international organisations and ratified the Hague Convention …
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€7.67
Frances Wood: Aeneas Anderson in China
Lord Macartney’s mission to open up China in 1792 failed, but it did give the Western world its first glimpse of the secretive Middle Kingdom, through the memoirs written by eight different members o …
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€7.49
Frances Wood: China’s First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors
This biography of the ancient Chinese ruler delves into his life and times, chronicling his immortal achievements and reconsidering his legacy.Unifier or destroyer, lawmaker or tyrant? China’s First …
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€24.09
