{"product_id":"9789881998347","title":"Tales About China and the Chinese","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilled with a whimsical sense of humor and fantastic fables of faraway lands, this book, originally written for children, offers a Western perspective on China in the mid-19th century. Using vivid detail and excellent cartoons, it demonstrates the clash between the Marco Polo–inspired view of a mythically serene China and the political realities of the Opium War, including the harsh, colonial era. A delightful mix of fact and fancy, it encapsulates the ethos of an era when the West saw China as a remote and unspoiled empire, ripe for the picking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earnshaw Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065626542320,"sku":"9789881998347","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789881998347_p0.jpg?v=1763786081","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789881998347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}