Sinologists as Translators in the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries
Sinologists as Translators in the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries

Author: Lawrence Wangchi Wong

Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

Published: 2016-02-15

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9629966077

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This collection of papers from the first and second international conferences with the above title explores why early sinologists chose certain works for translation in their particular historical contexts, how such works were interpreted, translated, or manipulated, and the impact they made, especially in establishing the discipline of sinology in various countries.

The British Arboretum
The British Arboretum

Author: Paul A Elliott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1317323262

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This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums. These were fostered by a variety of factors: global trade and exploration, popularity of collecting, significance to the British economy and society, developments in science, changes in landscape gardening aesthetics and agricultural and horticultural improvement.