The Western Representation of Modern China: Orientalism, Culturalism and Historiographical Criticism

The West's perception of China as a historical entity has evolved over the centuries. China has gone from a country of miracles and marvels in the medieval world and a refined and erudite culture in early modern Europe, to become a nation without history or progress since the Enlightenment of t...

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Main Author: David Martínez-Robles
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 2008-05-01
Series:Digithum
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Online Access:http://digithum.uoc.edu/10/dt/eng/martinez.pdf