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082			_a303.48273051 _bALD/T
100			_aAldridge, A. Owen.
245		4	_aThe dragon and the eagle: the presence of China in the American enlightenment/ _cA. Owen Aldridge
260			_aDetroit: _bWayne State University Press, _c1993.
300			_a287p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
505			_aPreface (starting p. 7) -- Acknowledgments (starting p. 11) -- 1 The Pre-American Background (starting p. 13) -- 2 Confucius and Chinese Religion (starting p. 23) -- 3 Lafitau and that Precious Root: Ginseng (starting p. 47) -- 4 Chinese Precursors of a Franklin Myth (starting p. 66) -- 5 Franklin's "Letter from China" (starting p. 75) -- 6 Franklin, Paine, and Jefferson (starting p. 85) -- 7 The China Trade (starting p. 98) -- 8 Traders and Mariners (starting p. 120) -- 9 The Emperor and the Plough (starting p. 144) -- 10 The Embassy of Van Braam Houckgeest (starting p. 161) -- 11 The Premises of Proclus (starting p. 182) -- 12 The American Marco Polo: The Magnum Opus of Robert Waln, Jr. (starting p. 192) -- 13 The Relevant Writings of Robert Waln, Jr. (starting p. 211) -- 14 An American Travel Liar (starting p. 236) -- 15 Timid Exoticism: Or China of the Imagination (starting p. 244) -- 16 Conclusions and Conjectures (starting p. 264) -- Appendix: American Imprints Concerning China Before 1826 (starting p. 269) -- Bibliography (starting p. 273) -- Index (starting p. 281)
650			_aUnited States
650			_aChina
650			_aCivilization--Chinese influences
650			_aIntellectual life
650			_aInternational relations
942			_cWB16