Performing China
Virtue, Commerce, and Orientalism in Eighteenth-Century England, 1660–1760
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China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a model of economic and political strength, viewed by many as the greatest empire in the world. While the importance of China to eighteenth-century English consumer culture is well documented, less so is its influence on English values. Through a careful study of the literature, drama, philosophy, and material culture of the period, this book articulates how Chinese culture influenced English ideas about virtue.
Discourses of virtue were significantly shaped by the intensified trade with the East Indies. Chi-ming Yang focuses on... more
Discourses of virtue were significantly shaped by the intensified trade with the East Indies. Chi-ming Yang focuses on... more
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