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Man Shun Yeung - American Pioneer of Chinese Studies in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

American Pioneer of Chinese Studies in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Benjamin Bowen Carter as an Agent of Global Knowledge

Av Man Shun Yeung

Del 12 i serien East and West

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Beskrivning
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 multilingual learning experience, reveals how he helped translate a diplomatic document into Chinese, describes his interactions with European sinologists, and traces his attempts to convince the US government and American academics of the practical and cultural value of Chinese studies. The cross-cultural perspective employed in this book emphasizes the reciprocal dynamics of Carter’s relationships with Chinese and European “others,” while Carter’s story itself forces a rewriting of the earliest years of US-China relations.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-10-07
  • Mått: 155 x 235 x 35 mm
  • Vikt: 897 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: East and West
  • Antal sidor: 448
  • Förlag: Brill
  • ISBN: 9789004498952
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Yeung Man Shun, D.Litt (2000), Kyoto University, is Assistant Professor of Chinese History and Culture at the University of Hong Kong. He has recently published articles and book chapters on China-West historical relations and late imperial Chinese history.

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"Yeung Man Shun’s important new study establishes Carter’s place within the annals of American Sinology, while also throwing new light on other important topics, including the more active field of British Chinese Studies in the early 1800s... The extensive appendices and reproductions of primary material referred to in the main text round out a volume that makes numerous important contributions to the history of global knowledge. Combining the qualities of biography, intellectual history, and the study of cross-cultural exchange, it will prove immensely valuable to scholars working in a variety of fields."-Edward Weech, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Series 3 (2022).

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