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Barbieri-Low, Anthony J.

 
9781638573821: Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History Through Travelers' Eyes (400 BCE-1936 CE)
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ISBN 10 : 1638573824 ISBN 13 : 9781638573821
Editeur : Cambria Press, 2025

Synopsis

This unique anthology presents a sweeping comparative history of Eurasia through the eyes of travelers spanning 2,400 years. Parallel Journeys features over two dozen firsthand accounts by ambassadors, monks, missionaries, merchants, and journalists from both East and West. Figures such as Marco Polo and Zhao Rugua, Matteo Ricci and Xie Qinggao, and Lord Macartney and Guo Songtao are paired thematically to explore how cross-cultural encounters shaped identity, historical perception, and global understanding. Each chapter includes a critical introduction and substantial excerpt, many newly translated from classical Chinese texts. Inspired by the method of comparative biography, the volume highlights how travel writing constructed ideas of the self and the other and contributed to broader processes of imperial expansion, religious exchange, and commercial integration. Ideal for readers and instructors of global history, Asian studies, and world literature, Parallel Journeys offers a powerful framework for teaching and interpreting Eurasian connectivity through the transformative act of travel.

*Includes maps and color illustrations.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anthony J. Barbieri-Low is Professor of Early Chinese and Comparative History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Specializing in the economic, social, legal, and material culture history of Early China, he also researches and teaches about connections and comparisons in global history. He has published prize-winning books on Chinese law and the social history of artisans.

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Éditeur
Cambria Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1638573824
ISBN 13 
9781638573821
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
520
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