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Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China

Title
  1. Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China / Jenny Huangfu Day.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Author
  1. Day, Jenny Huangfu, 1985-

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Description
  1. viii, 275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890 > Travel > Western countries
  2. Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891 > Travel > Western countries
  3. Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894 > Travel > Western countries
  4. Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891
  5. Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894
  6. Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890
  7. 1644-1912
  8. Travelers' writings, Chinese
  9. Diplomats > China > History > 19th century
  10. Elite (Social sciences) > China > Attitudes
  11. Public opinion > China
  12. Diplomatic relations
  13. Elite (Social sciences) > Attitudes
  14. Intellectual life
  15. Public opinion
  16. Public opinion, Chinese
  17. Travel
  18. Außenbeziehungen
  19. Diplomatie
  20. China > Foreign relations > 1644-1912
  21. Europe > Foreign public opinion, Chinese
  22. United States > Foreign public opinion, Chinese
  23. China > Intellectual life > 1644-1912
  24. China
  25. Europe
  26. United States
  27. Western countries
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. JFE 19-2690
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Day, Jenny Huangfu, 1985- author.
Title
  1. Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China / Jenny Huangfu Day.
Publisher
  1. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1644-1912
LCCN
  1. 2018027193
Other standard identifier
  1. 40028805720
ISBN
  1. 9781108471329 hardback
  2. 1108471323 hardback
Research call number
  1. JFE 19-2690
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