The early modern travels of Manchu : a script and its study in East Asia and Europe
by
Söderblom Saarela, Mårten, author.
Title
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The early modern travels of Manchu : a script and its study in East Asia and Europe
Encounters with Asia
Encounters with Asia.
Author
:
Söderblom Saarela, Mårten, author.
ISBN
:
9780812252071
Personal Author
:
Söderblom Saarela, Mårten, author.
Publication Information
:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Physical Description
:
viii, 301 pages : illustrations (black&white) ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Encounters with Asia
Encounters with Asia.
Contents
:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Conventions -- Introduction. A Cultural History of the Manchu Script -- Chapter 1. To Follow Fuxi or Kubilai Khan? Written Manchu Before 1644 -- Chapter 2. The Beijing Origins of Manchu Language Pedagogy, 1668-1730 -- Chapter 3. Phonology and Manchu in Southern China and Japan, c. 1670-1716 -- Chapter 4. Manchu Words and Alphabetical Order in China and Japan, 1683-1820s -- Chapter 5. Leibniz's Dream of a Manchu Encyclopedia and Kangxi's Mirror, 1673-1708 -- Chapter 6. The Manchu Script and Foreign Sounds from the Qing Court to Korea, 1720s-1770s -- Chapter 7. The Invention of a Manchu Alphabet in Saint Petersburg, 1720s-1730s -- Chapter 8. The Making of a Manchu Typeface in Paris, 1780s-1810s -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Abstract
:
"This book is about the progress, migration, and impact of the Manchu written language. A key characteristic of Manchu is that it could be read by speakers of other languages without those speakers' ever hearing it spoken. This is a book in intellectual history, cultural history, and the history of language"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Term
:
Manchu language -- History.
Manchu language -- Writing -- History.
Manchu language -- Study and teaching -- East Asia -- History.
Manchu language -- Study and teaching -- Europe -- History.
Manchu language -- Influence on foreign languages.
Manchu language.
Qing Dynasty (China)
Geographic Term
:
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China.
East Asia.
Europe.
Genre
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History.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 11000345 PL472 S63 yh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
|---|
| NPM Library | PL472 S63 2020 | 11000345 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |