China on the sea : how the maritime world shaped modern China /
by Zheng Yangwen.
- 1st ed.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012.
- ix, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- China studies ; v. 21 : 1570-1344 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-352) and index.
Facing the seas -- "The inconsistency of the seas" -- Feeding China -- Cette merveilleuse machine -- Les palais europeens -- "Wind of the west" -- Pattern and variation: indigenisation -- "Race for oriental opulence" -- Conclusion.