The question of Hu
1st Vintage Books ed.
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It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France--a journey that ended with Hu's confinement in a lunatic asylum.
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Subjects
Biography
Catholic converts
History
Mental illness
Social life and customs
Enfermedades mentales
Conversos católicos
Historia
Biografía
Kulturella förbindelser
18th century
Psykiska sjukdomar
Katolska konvertiter
Asian
People
Jean François Foucquet (1665-1741)
Jean-François Foucquet (1665-1741,)
John Hu (18th cent)
John Hu (18th cent.,)
Jean-François Foucquet (1665-1741)
Jean François Foucquet (1665 1741)
Places
China
France
Francia
Times
17th century
18th century
Siglo XVIII
Book Details
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [173]-179.
Includes index.
- Published in
- New York
The Physical Object
- Pagination
- xx, 187 p. :
- Number of pages
- 187
Edition Identifiers
- Open Library
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OL2216761M
- ISBN 10
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0679725806
- LCCN
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89040102
- OCLC/WorldCat
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19846801
- LibraryThing
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112967
- Goodreads
- 595092
Work Identifiers
- Work ID
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OL1842796W
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