An American pioneer of Chinese Studies in cross-cultural perspective : Benjamin Bowen Carter as an agent of global knowledge /

"Benjamin Bowen Carter (1771-1831), one of the first Americans to speak and read Chinese, studied Chinese in Canton and advocated its use in diplomacy decades before America established a formal relationship with China. Drawing on rediscovered manuscripts, this book reconstructs Carter's m...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yeung, Man Shun (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:East and West (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 12.
Temas:
Carter, Benjamin Bowen, > 1771-1831.
1700-1899
Chinese language > Study and teaching > History.
Sinologists > United States > Biography.
Sinologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Chinese language > Study and teaching
Diplomatic relations
Education
Sinologists
China > Study and teaching > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1783-1815.
China > Foreign relations > 18th century.
Chine > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Chine.
Chine > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1783-1815.
Chine > Relations extérieures > 18e siècle.
China
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendixes
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 On the Linguistic Frontier in Canton
  • A Cross-Cultural Approach to Language Learning
  • 1.1 The Earliest Glimmer of Chinese Studies in America
  • 1.2 Recovering Carter's Story: Perspectives and Approaches
  • 1.3 Learning the Language of the Other: The Place of Chinese Studies in Europe and America
  • 2 Finding a Calling
  • Carter's Transcontinental Journey to Chinese Studies
  • 2.1 Restless in America: Family and Early Life
  • 2.2 Opportunities in China: 1798-1806
  • 2.3 Fulfillment in Europe and Disappointment at Home: 1806-1831
  • 2.4 From Curiosity to a Lifelong Pursuit
  • 3 Reconstructing a Personalized Curriculum
  • Textbooks, Dictionaries, and Study Notes
  • 3.1 Learning Chinese the Chinese Way
  • 3.2 From Linguistic Translation to Cultural Translation
  • 3.3 Entering the Chinese World: Carter's Chinoiserie Letter to Conseequa
  • 4 Chinese Instructors and Their Anglophone Students
  • A Reappraisal
  • 4.1 Learning Chinese in Canton and Macao
  • 4.2 Abel Yen and His Anglophone Students
  • 4.3 Language Instructor as Diplomatic Translator
  • 4.4 The American Consul Wishes for an Interpreter
  • 5 Agent of Global Knowledge: Carter in London, Paris, and New York
  • 5.1 Career Ambition: Consul Interpreter
  • 5.2 An Early American Encounter with European Sinology
  • 5.3 Academic Ambition: University Educator
  • 6 The Rise of American Chinese Studies: Changes in Foreign Policy, Academic Foci, and American Perceptions of China
  • 6.1 Carter's View of China and the Chinese
  • 6.2 American Curiosity about Chinese Knowledge
  • 6.3 The Missionary Roots of the American Sinological Tradition
  • 6.4 The Interpreter as Diplomat
  • 6.5 America's First Course in Chinese Studies
  • 6.6 The Chinese Language: Barrier or Gateway?
  • 6.7 The Treasures in the Cushing Collection
  • 7 Concluding Remarks: Carter in Perspective
  • 7.1 The Origin of Chinese Studies in America: An Alternative Pathway
  • 7.2 Teaching and Learning Chinese in China at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
  • 7.3 Creation, Exchange, and Circulation of Chinese Knowledge on a Global Scale
  • 7.4 Cross-Cultural Dialogues: Carter, the Canton Dialect, and Contemporary China-America Relations
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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