1688: A Global History
John E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds of 1688, from the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers to the ravishing voice of the haiku poet Basho. Witness the splendor of the Chinese imperial court as the Kangxi emperor publicly mourns the death of his grandmother and shrewdly consolidates his power. Join the great caravans of Muslims on their annual pilgrimage from Damascus and Cairo to Mecca. Walk the pungent streets of Amsterdam and enter the Rasp House, where vagrants, beggars, and petty criminals labored to produce powdered brazilwood for the dyeworks. Through these stories and many others, Wills paints a detailed…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-32278-1
- EAN: 9780393322781
- Produktnummer: 19445120
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 330 S.
- Masse: H20.9 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.1 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
Über den Autor
John E. Wills, Jr. (1936-2017) was a longtime leader of China studies at University of Southern California and the author of many acclaimed works in cultural history, including Mountain of Fame: Portraits in Chinese History and 1688: A Global History.
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