Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War

A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries

Liu, Xin

Taylor & Francis Ltd

08/2022

340

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Inglês

9780367741679

15 a 20 dias

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0. Introduction: 1583-1840, from cultural diplomacy to gunboat diplomacy, 1. Where the tale of the two empires began, 2. The Tributary System and the first Anglo-British encounters, 3. The earliest Chinese travellers to the Far West, 4. Chinoiserie vs. Euroiserie: Mutual reflections of material culture and perception gaps, 5. When the lion meets the dragon: Lost in translation or beyond translation?, 6. The Amherst Embassy to China, an insurmountable generation gap between the two empires, 7. From the Tea War to the Opium War, 8. Conclusion: The two great reversals - Historical implications on the modern-day interactions between a post-Brexit UK and a globalising China
Macartney Embassy;Amherst Embassy;Forbidden City;King George III;Qing Court;Qianlong Emperor;Qianlong's Reign;Chinese Emperor;Wanli Emperor;Jiaqing Emperor;post-Brexit UK;China Illustrata;Ming China;Opium War;Chinese Government;Tributary System;Page Boy;Face To Face;George III;Young Man;Zhongti Xiyong;Bodley's Librarian;Thucydides Trap;Sino Western Relations;Vice Ambassador