ID - 147880464 TI - The Early Modern Travels of Manchu : A Script and Its Study in East Asia and Europe PY - 2020 SN - 9780812296938 9780812252071 0812252071 PB - Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press DB - UniCat KW - Linguistics KW - Manchu language KW - History KW - Writing KW - Study and teaching KW - Influence on foreign languages KW - China UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147880464 AB - "This book is about the progress, migration, and impact of the Manchu written language. A key characteristic of Manchu is that it could be read by speakers of other languages without those speakers' ever hearing it spoken. This is a book in intellectual history, cultural history, and the history of language"-- ER -