Before Orientalism: Asian Peoples and Cultures in European Travel Writing, 1245-151

by Kim M. Phillips

A distinct European perspective on Asia emerged in the late Middle Ages. Early reports of a homogeneous "India" of marvels and monsters gave way to accounts written by medieval travelers that indulged readers' curiosity about far-flung landscapes and cultures without exhibiting the attitudes evident in the later writings of aspiring imperialists. Mining the accounts of more than twenty Europeans who made--or claimed to have made--journeys to Mongolia,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245482
• ISBN13: 9780812245486
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"