Last Embassy (eBook)

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

Tonio Andrade (Autor)

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2021
424 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21988-2 (ISBN)

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From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth centuryGeorge Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and the mistrust that still marks the relationship today. But not all European encounters with China were disastrous. 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.Beautifully illustrated with sketches and paintings by Chinese and European artists, The Last Embassy suggests that the Qing court, often mischaracterized as arrogant and narrow-minded, was in fact open, flexible, curious, and cosmopolitan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 26 b/w illus. 6 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: A. E. van Braam Houckgeest • Agriculture • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • Beijing • Calligraphy • carpet • China • Chinese Art • Chinese characters • Chinese Garden • Chinese Painting • Clothing • Copyright • correspondent • County magistrate • courtesy • Courtier • Defensive wall • dining room • Diorama • Diplomacy • diplomatic history • diplomatic missions to China • Dromedary • Dry season • Dutch East India Company • Dutch letter • Early Modern History • East Asia • East India Company • edict • Etiquette • Eunuch • Festival • firewood • Fireworks • Foshan • Furniture • Gan River (Jiangxi) • Gate of Supreme Harmony • gazebo • Grandee • Guangdong • Guanyin • guardhouse • Hairstyle • Hangzhou • hegemony • Heshen • history of diplomacy • Honor guard • Hostel • humiliation • Incense • International Relations • Isaac Titsingh • I Wish (manhwa) • Jiangxi • Johan Nieuhof • Joseph de Guignes • kowtow • lantern festival • Litter (vehicle) • Lunch • Macartney embassy • Macartney mission • Madeira wine • mansion • meal • Meridian Gate • military history • Missionary • Mongols • Mount Tai • Mr. • Nanchang • narrative • Netherlands • new qing history • newspaper • New Year's Eve • North China Plain • Old Summer Palace • On China • Orangutan • Peabody Essex Museum • Poetry • Porcelain • Princeton University Press • procession • Qianlong Court • Qianlong emperor • qiantang river • Qing Dynasty • rapeseed • Realpolitik • Retinue • rose water • Ruler • Shandong • Statue • Summer Palace • supper • Tael • Tax • the mandarins • Tianxia • Titsingh and van Braam • Titsingh embassy • Titsingh mission • Transliteration • Treaty • valet • wheelbarrow • Writing • Yangtze • Zhejiang
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21988-5 / 0691219885
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21988-2 / 9780691219882