Anglo-Chinese Encounters since 1800 - Couverture souple

Gungwu, Wang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521534135 ISBN 13 : 9780521534130

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Chinese encounters with the British were more than merely those between two great powers. There was the larger canvas of the Empire and Commonwealth where the two peoples traded and interacted. In China, officials and merchants had to place the British beside other enterprising foreign peoples who were equally intent on influencing developments there. There were also Chinese who encountered the British in personal ways, and individual British who ventured into a 'vast unknown' with its deep history. Wang Gungwu's 2003 book, based on lectures linking China and the Chinese with imperial Britain, examines the possibilities in, as well as the limits of, their encounters. It takes the story beyond the clichés of opium, fighting, and the diplomatic skills needed to fend off rivals and enemies, and probes some areas of more intimate encounters, not least the beginnings of a wider English-speaking future.

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À propos de l'auteur

Wang Gungwu is Professor and Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521534135
• ISBN 13: 9780521534130
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 214
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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