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Informationen zum Autor Matthias Messmer was born 1967 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He received his M.A. in Political Science, Law and Economics (St. Gallen) and Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Konstanz). His research is focused on intercultural subjects and topics related to China and Chinese culture. Dr. Messmer is also affiliated with the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) as Senior Research Fellow and his projects include cultural documentation and criticism in the form of writing and photography. He has previously published books (in German) such as Soviet and Post-Communist Antisemitism (1997) and China-West-Eastern Encounters (2007). In 2013, he authored (together with Hsin-Mei Chuang) the book China's Vanishing Worlds: Countryside, Traditions and Cultural Spaces (Cambridge: MIT Press). In 2018, he published the book China at its Limits: An Empire's Rise Beyond its Borders (Berlin: Kerber) together with Hsin-Mei Chuang. Klappentext Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China: Tragedy and Splendor is a cross-cultural collection of carefully researched and well-documented biographies of many previously little known Western visitors to China who experienced at first hand China's revolution and rise in the 20th century. Their experiences and insights can help readers to better appreciate the complex situation of modern China today, for they have a timeless quality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and AcknowledgmentsNames and OrthographyIntroduction: Individuals, Biographies and LifeworldsChapter 1. The Long Established: Jewish Old China HandsI. Descendants: Jews with Sephardi RootsII. Russian Jews Originating from the Czarist EmpireChapter 2. Jewish Travelers: Temporarily and Voluntarily in ChinaI. JournalistsII. Couriers, Emissaries and AdvisorsIII. Adventurers and Lone WolvesIV. DiplomatsV. Research Travelers and Travel AuthorsVI. PhysiciansVII. Independents and FreelancersChapter 3. Refugees Driven from Europe to the Far EastChapter 4. "Foreign Experts" and Supporters of Mao's RevolutionEndnotesBibliography...
