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Contents List of Figures VII Preface IX Acknowledgements XIII Notes on Transliteration and Bibliography XVII 1 Introduction: Rethinking “the West” 1 2 King Mu (Mu Tianzi) and the Journey to the West 27 3 “Illusionary” and “Realistic” Geographies 49 4 Easternizing the West, Westernizing the East 87 5 Chaos and the West 117 6 “Western Territories” (Xiyu), India, and 153 “South Sea” (Nanhai) 7 Beyond the Seas: Other Kingdoms and Other Materials 179 8 Islands, Intermediaries, and “Europeanization” 213 9 Conclusion: Towards Other Perspectives of the Other 253 Postscript 277 Notes 291 Glossary 331 Bibliography 347 Index 367 TheWestAsTheOther_FA02_17Dec2013.indd v TheWestAsTheOther_FA02_17Dec2013.indd v 19/12/13 10:41 AM 19/12/13 10:41 AM ...

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