Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-297).
Contents:
Asian art and international relations / Raymond G. O'Connor -- Cantonese artifacts Chinoiserie, and early American idealization of China / Jonathan Goldstein -- The commercial origins of American attitudes toward China, 1784-1844 / Jacques M. Downs -- American board missionaries and the formation of American opinion toward China, 1830-1860 / Murray A. Rubinstein -- American dipolomacy in China, 1843-1857 : the evolution of a policy / Raymond F. Wylie -- American views of China, 1900-1915 : the unwelcome but inevitable awakening / Jonathan G. Utley -- The importance of being Charley Chan / Sandra M. Hawley -- Carl Crow, Edgar Snow, and shifting American journalistic perceptions of China / Jerry Israel -- The American view of China, 1957-1982 : the personal experience of a China-born sinologist / Paochin Chu.
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