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Author:   Michael C. Carhart
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781421427539

ISBN 10:   1421427532
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   09 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"List of Illustrations Conventions 1. Grimaldi at the Gates of Muscovy (Fall 1689) 2. Making the Worst of a Bad Assignment: Origines Guelficae and the Linguistic Project (Autumn 1690-Summer 1692) 3. Building the Network (Winter 1691-Summer 1692) 4. The Jesuit Search for an Overland Route to China (1685-1689) 5. Seeking the Languages of Grand Tartary (August 1693-December 1694) 6. Assembling Novissima Sinica (February-September 1695) 7. Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld and Gothic Origins (November 1695-December 1697) 8. The Grand Embassy of Peter the Great (Summer-Fall 1697) 9. The Jesuits of Paris and China (1689, November 1697-March 1698) 10. The Foundations of Modern Historical Linguistics (1697-1716) Acknowledgments Appendix I. ""Desiderata circa linguas quorundam populorum"" Appendix II. Plan for a Moscow Academy of Sciences and Arts Notes Bibliography Index of Letters General Index"

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Michael C. Carhart is an associate professor of history at Old Dominion University. He is the author of The Science of Culture in Enlightenment Germany.

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