| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) |
| Series |
Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 104 |
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Sinica Leidensia ; v. 104. 0169-9563
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| Contents |
Introduction; Chapter One What was Sinology?; China As Career; The Research of Bernhard Karlgren; Inflating China; Race and Empire; Sex, Power and Karlgren's Alter Ego; Striking at Mediocrity; The Backbone of the Ruling Class; Language and Power; Sinophilia; Chapter Two Archaeology and the Western Origin of China; The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities; Johan "China Gunnar" Andersson; Unearthing a Chinese Stone Age; The Mandarin Archaeologist; The Great Urn Traffic in Lanzhou; The Archaeologist As Official of the Chinese Empire; Orientalism in China |
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Chapter Three The Swedish Chinese ExpeditionSven Hedin under Attack in Beijing; The Despot of Xinjiang; Meeting Chiang Kai-shek; Islamophobia Along the New Silk Road; Chapter Four Empire and Ethnography; The Plundering of Mongolian Culture; The Golden Temple; Chapter Five The Karlbeck Syndicate; A Swedish Crown Prince in the Forbidden Palace; Railway Constructor and Amateur Collector; Collecting As Entrée to the Upper Class; Secretly Collecting for Western Museums; Treasure Seeker in China; China's Cultural History under Threat; Back in Stockholm; Chapter Six Distorting History |
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The Peking Man DiscoveryChapter Seven Osvald Sirén's Spiritual Far East; Snubbed by Feng Yuxiang, Received by the Emperor; Starting a New Life in Paris; Smuggling via Diplomatic Pouch; Modern Buddhism, Fascist Scholars, Chinese Art; Old Times and New; Chapter Eight Swedish Maoism; Political Pilgrims; The Communist League Marxist-Leninists (KFML); The Swedish-Chinese Friendship Association; Sinology Hijacked; Using foreigners' Strength to Propagandize for China; China's Financial Support; Utopia; Occidentalism; Chapter Nine Report from a Chinese Village; Another Career in China |
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China's FriendChairman Jan Myrdal; Chapter Ten Anti-Imperialism?; Revisiting the Silk Road; Myrdal avec Hedin; "O My Friends, There is No Friend"; Saluting the Yellow Emperor; Sinophilia: A Conclusion; References; Index |
| Summary |
Saluting the Yellow Emperor tells the fascinating story of a group of Swedish scholars who rediscovered the pronunciation of the Chinese classics, buried Silk Road cities, and a Chinese Stone Age, while spiriting antiquities out of Asia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Karlgren, Bernhard, 1889-1978.
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Andersson, Johan Gunnar, 1874-1960.
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Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952.
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Myrdal, Jan
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| SUBJECT |
Andersson, Johan Gunnar, 1874-1960 fast |
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Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 fast |
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Karlgren, Bernhard, 1889-1978 fast |
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Myrdal, Jan fast |
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Sinologists -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century
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Historiography -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- China.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt.
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Civilization -- Historiography
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Historiography
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Sinologists
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Civilization -- To 221 B.C. -- Historiography
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| Subject |
China
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Sweden
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004226395 |
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9004226397 |
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9004220976 |
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9789004220973 |
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