The Invention of China in Early Modern England describes how several different English communities became aware of China. It begins by describing how early mode

"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism" (Foreign Policy), this provocative account shows that "China"--and its 5,000 years of unified history--is a natio

Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Cl

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Zhang argues that property institutions in preindustrial China and England were a cause of China's lagging development in preindustrial times.