Generation of Giants. The Story of the Jesuits in China in the Last Decade of the Ming Dynasty.
Notre Dame, Indiana. University of Notre Dame Press. 1962. Stock ID #166895 A scholarly and incisive account of the intrepid Jesuit missionaries which sheds light on the highly literate, rigidly stratified Chinese society which, in the early seventeenth century, was in a period of decline. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166895.
Endpaper maps, black and white illustrations, 389pp, bibliography, index, dustwrapper very slightly creased at the head of the spine otherwise very good.
Price: $75.00 AU
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