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Physical description:
x, 399 leaves ; 29 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
United States
China
Japan
Date:
1998
19th century
20th century
Contents:
"Towards a just treatment of the country and its people": Franz Boas and the American Museum of Natural History -- A great "Oriental School": Columbia University and the study of East Asia -- Converting missionaries with science: Frederick T. Gates and the China Medical Board -- "A more accurate knowledge of the people of Japan": the Japan Society of New York -- East Asian art at the Metropolitan Museum