Over one hundred years ago, from September 25 to 27, 1910, a Conference of ÒOrientalist-GeographersÓ was held to commemorate the Òapostle and geographer of China,Ó Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci (1552Ð1610). This event took place three hundred years after his death, in his native town, Macerata. On that occasion, two of the invited speakers, Mr. E. A. Perogio and Mr. L. Sborlino, chose as the focus of their speeches ÒItalians and Governance in ChinaÓ and ÒThe Italian Concession in Tientsin,Ó respec
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Colonialism in comparative perspective: Tianjin under nine flags, 1860-1949.
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Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: Italy's Encounters with Modern China: Imperial Dreams, Strategic Ambitions (2013)
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ISBN: 9781137290922