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The Last Embassy The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China
Author
Title
The Last Embassy The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China / Tonio Andrade.
ISBN
9780691219882
0691219885
9780691177113
0691177112
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Summary
"In the typical narrative of modern Sino-European relations, George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role. His failure to open China to trade and diplomatic relations with Britain sets the stage for a long and bitter clash of cultures that led to the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and perhaps even to the mistrust that still pervades relations today. In this book, Tonio Andrade draws on a wealth of neglected archival material to tell a very different story: that of the last European delegation that was ever received in the traditional Chinese court, the Dutch mission of 1794-95"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 21, 2021
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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