The Blacks of Premodern China
Author | : Don J. Wyatt |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0812241932 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780812241938 |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Blacks of Premodern China written by Don J. Wyatt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blacks of Premodern China describes the earliest Chinese encounters with peoples regarded as black. It focuses on the first exposure of Chinese to blacks hailing from East Africa, chiefly from today's Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania, who arrived in China as slaves between the seventh and seventeenth centuries C.E.