Embassies to China

Diplomacy and Cultural Encounters Before the Opium Wars

AvMichael Keevak

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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This cutting edge text provides key insights into the cultural and political conflict which lay at the heart of early Chinese-European relations, as the West's understanding of the truth and appropriateness of its cultural norms was confronted by China's norms and beliefs.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-07-05
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:364 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:162
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811039713

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Michael Keevak is Professor of Foreign Languages at National Taiwan University, where he has taught since 1993. He is the author of four books, the most recent of which is Becoming Yellow: A Short History of Racial Thinking (2011), winner of the Academia Sinica Book Award in Humanities and Social Sciences in 2013.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Embassies and Failures.- Making "Peace" with the East.- Portugal and "Empire".- Holland and "Trade".- The Pope's "Religion".- Russia and "Diplomacy".- Epilogue: "Embassies" to Europe.