INTRODUCTION: China and the eighteenth-century imagological discourse
Chapter 1. John Bell: his predecessors, his journey, and his outlook
Chapter 2. "I should like them very well for neighbours": Encounters on the way to China
Chapter 3. "All the people in Pekin were assembled to see us": Entering China proper
Chapter 4. Representation of the Chinese language: eighteenth-century considerations and fallacies
Chapter 5. "The common people are generally idolaters": Chinese religion and the Christian influence
Chapter 6. The Jesuit Missionaries in the imperial capital
Chapter 7."The behaviour of the Chinese is quite contrary to that of the Europeans": John Bell's representation of the differences between China and the West
Chapter 8. "They gave me a dish of tea in every shop": Images of Chinese daily life
