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Title: The Question of Hu
Author: Jonathan D. Spence
ISBN: 9780679725800
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: New
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Asian History 1667442
Publisher Description:
This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary episode in the early intercourse between Europe and China. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic, who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France--a journey that ended with Hu's confinement in a lunatic asylum. At once a triumph of historical detective work and a gripping narrative, The Question of Hu deftly probes the collision of tw ocultures, with their different definitions of faith, madness, and moral obligation.
Author: Jonathan D. Spence
ISBN: 9780679725800
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher
Asian History 1667442
Publisher Description:
This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary episode in the early intercourse between Europe and China. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic, who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France--a journey that ended with Hu's confinement in a lunatic asylum. At once a triumph of historical detective work and a gripping narrative, The Question of Hu deftly probes the collision of tw ocultures, with their different definitions of faith, madness, and moral obligation.
