Shareen Blair Brysac and Karl E. Meyer, The China Collectors: America's Century-Long Hunt for Asian Art Treasures
Monday, March 16, 2015 - 6:30 PM
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Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The authors who described the Great Game and the kingmakers of the Middle East give us the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt by Westerners in China, from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong’s 1949 ascent.
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