Saluting the Yellow Emperor
Biographical note
Perry Johansson is Research Assistant Professor at the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published extensively on sinography and Chinese-Western relations.
Readership
All those interested in intellectual history, Western perceptions of China, postcolonial studies, the history of communism, and East-West relations, as well as archeologists, museologists, and sinologists.
Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter One: What was sinology?
Chapter Two: Archaeology and the Western Origin of China
Chapter Three: The Swedish Chinese Expedition
Chapter Four: Empire and Ethnography
Chapter Five: The Karlbeck Syndicate
Chapter Six: The Truth Behind the Peking Man
Chapter Seven: The Spiritual Far East
Chapter Eight: Swedish Maoism
Chapter Nine: Report from a Chinese Village
Chapter Ten: Anti-Imperialism?
Sinophilia: A Conclusion
Chapter One: What was sinology?
Chapter Two: Archaeology and the Western Origin of China
Chapter Three: The Swedish Chinese Expedition
Chapter Four: Empire and Ethnography
Chapter Five: The Karlbeck Syndicate
Chapter Six: The Truth Behind the Peking Man
Chapter Seven: The Spiritual Far East
Chapter Eight: Swedish Maoism
Chapter Nine: Report from a Chinese Village
Chapter Ten: Anti-Imperialism?
Sinophilia: A Conclusion
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