Embassies to China : Diplomacy and Cultural Encounters Before the Opium Wars 1st Edition Michael Keevak 9811039720 9789811039720

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• ISBN 10: 9811039720
• ISBN 13: 9789811039720
• Author: Michael Keevak

This text is a timely and wide-ranging study providing essential background to the development of global modernity through the European encounter with China. Considering differing notions of peace, empire, trade, religion, and diplomacy as touchstones in the relations between China and Europe on mutuality, the book examines five encounters with France, Portugal, Holland, the pope, and Russia between 1248 and 1720, and reflects on concepts that the West took for granted but which did not successfully cross over into the Chinese world. This cutting edge text provides key insights into the cultural and political conflict which lay at the heart of early Chinese-European relations, as the West’s understanding of the truth and appropriateness of its cultural norms was confronted by China’s norms and beliefs.

Table of contents:

1 Introduction

2 Making “Peace” with the East

3 Portugal and “Empire”

4 Holland and “Trade”

5 The Pope’s “Religion”

6 Russia and “Diplomacy”

7 Epilogue

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