The epochal concept of "Early Modernity" and the intellectual history of late imperial China

Journal of World History

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-61

  Ng, On Cho ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MODERNITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037337506     PISSN: 10456007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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