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Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China
- Title
- Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China / Jenny Huangfu Day.
- Author
- Day, Jenny Huangfu, 1985-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the countries of Europe were populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals in the Chinese imagination. Firsthand Chinese accounts of Europe unraveled this perception"--
- Subject
- Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890 > Travel > Western countries
- Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891 > Travel > Western countries
- Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894 > Travel > Western countries
- Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891
- Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894
- Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890
- 1644-1912
- Travelers' writings, Chinese
- Diplomats > China > History > 19th century
- Elite (Social sciences) > China > Attitudes
- Public opinion > China
- Diplomatic relations
- Elite (Social sciences) > Attitudes
- Intellectual life
- Public opinion
- Public opinion, Chinese
- Travel
- Außenbeziehungen
- Diplomatie
- China > Foreign relations > 1644-1912
- Europe > Foreign public opinion, Chinese
- United States > Foreign public opinion, Chinese
- China > Intellectual life > 1644-1912
- China
- Europe
- United States
- Western countries
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The traveler -- The envoy -- The student -- The scholar -- The diplomat -- The strategist -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Zhigang's passage on the White House visit in the 1877 and 1890 editions -- Appendix 2: Selected passages that appeared in the Chushi taixi jiyao (1890) but not in the Chushi taixi ji (1877)
- Call Number
- JFE 19-2690
- ISBN
- 9781108471329
- 1108471323
- LCCN
- 2018027193
- 40028805720
- OCLC
- 1052906461
- Author
- Day, Jenny Huangfu, 1985- author.
- Title
- Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China / Jenny Huangfu Day.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1644-1912
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028805720
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-2690