Matthias Messmer

Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China

Tragedy and Splendor

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Produktbeschreibung

Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China: Tragedy and Splendor is a cross-cultural collection of carefully researched and well-documented biographies of many previously little known Western visitors to China who experienced at first hand China's revolution and rise in the 20th century. Their experiences and insights can help readers to better appreciate the complex situation of modern China today, for they have a timeless quality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780739190913
• ISBN-10: 0739190911
• Artikelnr.: 40049011

Autorenporträt

By Matthias Messmer

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments Names and Orthography Introduction:
Individuals, Biographies and Lifeworlds Chapter 1. The Long Established:
Jewish Old China Hands I. Descendants: Jews with Sephardi Roots II. Russian
Jews Originating from the Czarist Empire Chapter 2. Jewish Travelers:
Temporarily and Voluntarily in China I. Journalists II. Couriers,
Emissaries and Advisors III. Adventurers and Lone Wolves IV. Diplomats V.
Research Travelers and Travel Authors VI. Physicians VII. Independents and
Freelancers Chapter 3. Refugees Driven from Europe to the Far East Chapter
4. "Foreign Experts" and Supporters of Mao's Revolution Endnotes
Bibliography