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The Last Embassy The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China.
"In the typical narrative of modern Sino-European relations, George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role. His failure to open China to trade and diplomatic relations with Britain sets the stage for a long and bitter clash of cultures that led to the Opium Wars...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Maps
- A Note to the Reader
- Prologue: A Clash of Cultures?
- Chapter 1. The Center
- Chapter 2. The Amateur
- Chapter 3. Man Proposes, God Disposes
- Chapter 4. The Delta
- Chapter 5. Canton
- Chapter 6. A Dreadful Prospect
- Chapter 7. The Imperial Way: By Boat through Southern China
- Chapter 8. A Walk into Winter
- Chapter 9. Beijing
- Chapter 10. Ice Games
- Chapter 11. Favored Guests of the Emperor
- Chapter 12. A New Year
- Chapter 13. The Purple Ray Pavilion, A Good Death, A Tour of Temples
- Chapter 14. Stately Pleasure Gardens: Yuanmingyuan
- Chapter 15. The Lantern Festival
- Chapter 16. Goodbye, Beijing
- Chapter 17. By Land through Beizhili and Shandong
- Chapter 18. Sailing into Spring: By Canal through the Lower Yangtze
- Chapter 19. Zhejiang and Jiangxi
- Chapter 20. An Uncertain Future
- Conclusions: A Contested Embassy and the History of Sino-Western Relations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Place Names, Transliterations, Terms, and Sources
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index