Download or read book Mapping Meanings written by Michael Lackner, Ph.D. and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mapping Meanings," a broad-ranged introduction to China's intellectual entry into the family of nations, guides the reader into the late Qing encounter with Western, at the same time connecting convincingly to the broader question of the mobility of knowledge.