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The Dragon and the Eagle : The Presence of China in the American Enlightenment, Previous scholarship held that the image of China did not penetrate North America until after trade was established between Canton and the East Coast in 1784. In The Dragon and the Eagle, A. Owen Aldridge reveals that a lively curiosity about oriental cul, The Dragon and the Eagle : The Presence of China in the American Enlightenment
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  • The Dragon and the Eagle : The Presence of China in the American Enlightenment
  • Written by author Alfred O. Aldridge
  • Published by Wayne State University Press, 9/1/1993
  • Previous scholarship held that the image of China did not penetrate North America until after trade was established between Canton and the East Coast in 1784. In The Dragon and the Eagle, A. Owen Aldridge reveals that a lively curiosity about oriental cul
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Preface 7
Acknowledgments 11
1 The Pre-American Background 13
2 Confucius and Chinese Religion 23
3 Lafitau and that Precious Root: Ginseng 47
4 Chinese Precursors of a Franklin Myth 66
5 Franklin's "Letter from China" 75
6 Franklin, Paine, and Jefferson 85
7 The China Trade 98
8 Traders and Mariners 120
9 The Emperor and the Plough 144
10 The Embassy of Van Braam Houckgeest 161
11 The Premises of Proclus 182
12 The American Marco Polo: The Magnum Opus of Robert Waln, Jr. 192
13 The Relevant Writings of Robert Waln, Jr. 211
14 An American Travel Liar 236
15 Timid Exoticism: Or China of the Imagination 244
16 Conclusions and Conjectures 264
Appendix: American Imprints Concerning China Before 1826 269
Bibliography 273
Index 281


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