Title Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China / Jenny Huangfu Day

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Traveler; 2 The Envoy; 3 The Student; 4 The Scholar; 5 The Diplomat; 6 The Strategist; Epilogue; Appendix 1 Zhigang's Passage on the White House Visit in the 1877 and 1890 Editions; Appendix 2 Selected Passages That Appear in the Chushi taixi jiyao (1890) but Not in the Chushi taixi ji (1877); Glossary; Bibliography; Index Summary This fundamentally new interpretation of the Qing reveals how Sino-Western engagements transformed traditions, institutions, and networks of communications Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed September 21, 2020) Subject Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890 -- Travel -- Western countries Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891 -- Travel -- Western countries Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894 -- Travel -- Western countries SUBJECT Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890 fast Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894 fast Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891 fast Subject Travelers' writings, Chinese. Diplomats -- China -- History -- 19th century Elite (Social sciences) -- China -- Attitudes Public opinion -- China HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Travelers' writings, Chinese Public opinion Intellectual life Elite (Social sciences) -- Attitudes Diplomats Diplomatic relations Public opinion, Chinese Travel SUBJECT China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024027 China -- Intellectual life -- 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024143 Europe -- Foreign public opinion, Chinese United States -- Foreign public opinion, Chinese China -- Foreign relations -- Europe Europe -- Foreign relations -- China Europe -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045661 Subject Western countries United States China Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108569019 1108569013 9781108571005 110857100X

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