The Last Embassy : The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China

Tonio Andrade

ISBN 10: 0691177112 / ISBN 13: 9780691177113

Edité par Princeton University Press Jun 2021, 2021

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Neuware - The Last Embassy tells the story of the Dutch mission of 1795, bringing to light a dramatic but little-known episode that transforms our understanding of the history of China and the West. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, Tonio Andrade paints a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of an age marked by intrigues and war. China was on the brink of rebellion. In Europe, French armies were invading Holland. Enduring a harrowing voyage, the Dutch mission was to be the last European diplomatic delegation ever received in the traditional Chinese court. Andrade shows how, in contrast to the British emissaries, the Dutch were men with deep knowledge of Asia who respected regional diplomatic norms and were committed to understanding China on its own terms.

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• Titre: The Last Embassy : The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China
• Éditeur: Princeton University Press Jun 2021
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0691177112
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691177113
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 238 L x 161 H x 37 P (en millimètres) 238 millimètres de largeur par 161 millimètres de hauteur par 37 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 746 grammes

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Tonio Andrade is professor of Chinese and global history at Emory University. His books include The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History (Princeton), Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West (Princeton), and How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.