TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stockwell,Foster
TI  - Westerners in China: a history of exploration and trade, ancient times through the present 
SN  - 0786414049 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - DS731.E82 S76 2003
U1  - 303.48/25104 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Jefferson, NC
PB  - McFarland & Co. Publishers
KW  - Europeans
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Americans
KW  - Europeos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Americanos
KW  - Westerlingen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Exploratie
KW  - Handel
KW  - Européens
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Américains
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index; Some basic facts about China -- Those who came by three Silk Roads -- China's first contacts with the West -- The legacy of Marco Polo -- Jesuits in China -- Prized goods from China -- Early Western exploration in Tibet and Yunnan -- Aftermath of the Opium War -- Americans and the China trade -- Role of missionaries in exploration, trade, and culture in China -- Przhevalsky : the man and the horse -- Distaff explorers -- The last imperialist -- Cities buried in sand -- Rocks and culture -- An American dinosaur hunter -- The giant panda argument -- The communist revolution -- The New Zealander who won the hearts of the Chinese -- Rapid growth of China's economy -- Illusion and reality
N2  - "This book traces Western exploration in and trade with China to the present day. It follows such highlights as exploration by the Russian Nikolay Przhevalsky; the travels of nineteenth-century women explorers; American Roy Chapman's discovery of the first fossilized dinosaur eggs; and the competition between two American explorers to be the first to capture a live panda. Also included is a chronology of Chinese history."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -