Needles, herbs, gods, and ghosts : China, healing, and the West to 1848 /

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Author / Creator:Barnes, Linda L.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Description:xiii, 458 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5814832
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Varying Form of Title:China, healing, and the West to 1848
ISBN:0674018729 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographcial references (p. 374-436) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. First Impressions: Until 1491
  • 2. A New Wave of Europeans: 1492-1659
  • 3. Model State, Medical Men, and "Mechanick Principles": 1660-1736
  • 4. Sinophiles, Sinophobes, and the Cult of Chinoiserie: 1737-1804
  • 5. Memory, History, and Imagination: 1805-1848
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index