ISBN: 9789811039713 - embassies to china: diplomacy and cultural encounters before the opium wars (8 résultats)

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This text is a timely and wide-ranging study providing essential background to the development of global modernity through the European encounter with China. Considering differing notions of peace, empire, trade, religion, and diplomacy as touchstones in the relations between China and Europe on mutuality, the book examines five encounters with France, Portugal, Holland, the pope, and Russia between 1248 and 1720, and reflects on concepts that the West took for granted but which did not successfully cross over into the Chinese world. This cutting edge text provides key insightsinto thecultural and political conflict which lay at the heart ofearly Chinese-European relations, as the West'sunderstanding of the truth and appropriateness of its cultural norms was confronted by China's norms and beliefs.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This text is a timely and wide-ranging study providing essential background to the development of global modernity through the European encounter with China. Considering differing notions of peace, empire, trade, religion, and diplomacy as touchstones in the relations between China and Europe on mutuality, the book examines five encounters with France, Portugal, Holland, the pope, and Russia between 1248 and 1720, and reflects on concepts that the West took for granted but which did not successfully cross over into the Chinese world. This cutting edge text provides key insightsinto thecultural and political conflict which lay at the heart ofearly Chinese-European relations, as the West'sunderstanding of the truth and appropriateness of its cultural norms was confronted by China's norms and beliefs. 172 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This text is a timely and wide-ranging study providing essential background to the development of global modernity through the European encounter with China. Considering differing notions of peace, empire, trade, religion, and diplomacy as touchstones in the relations between China and Europe on mutuality, the book examines five encounters with France, Portugal, Holland, the pope, and Russia between 1248 and 1720, and reflects on concepts that the West took for granted but which did not successfully cross over into the Chinese world. 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.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 172 pp. Englisch. …