Description
-Qiong Zhang, Associate Professor of History, Wake Forest University
About the Author
R. Po-chia Hsia is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History at The Pennsylvania State University and the author of A Jesuit in the Forbidden City: Matteo Ricci 1552-1610 (Oxford University Press, 2010).
Reviews
"An unparalleled window into this crucial encounter between multiple worlds."
-Joanna Waley-Cohen, Julius Silver Professor of History, New York University
"A highly accessible introduction to the history of the Jesuits in China. Hsia offers a clear and concise overview of the key figures in this crucial episode of intercultural encounter: the first intellectual and cultural meeting of Europeans and Chinese. . . . In addition to providing a broad vision of the European and Asian contexts for Ricci's work in the introductory essay, Hsia gives a valuable selection of documents from both Chinese and Western sources in translation . . . [including] items that genuinely demonstrate the two sides of this cultural exchange."
-Liam Matthew Brockey, Professor of History, Michigan State University
Book Information
ISBN 9781624664335
Author Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc