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Cherishing Men from Afar : Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy Of 1793.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822396284
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cherishing Men from AfarDDC classification:
  • 327.51041/09/033
LOC classification:
  • DS740
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Multitude of Lords: The Qing Empire, Manchu Rulership, and Interdomainal Relations -- 3. Planning and Organizing the British Embassy -- 4. King Solomon in All His Glory: The British Embassy in China -- 5. Guest Ritual and Interdomainal Relations -- 6. Channeling Along a Centering Path: Greeting and Preparation -- 7. Convergence: Audience, Instruction, and Bestowal -- 8. Bringing Affairs to a Culmination -- 9. Guest Ritual and Diplomacy -- 10. From Events to History: The Macartney Embassy in the Historiography of Sino-Western Relations -- Appendix -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Multitude of Lords: The Qing Empire, Manchu Rulership, and Interdomainal Relations -- 3. Planning and Organizing the British Embassy -- 4. King Solomon in All His Glory: The British Embassy in China -- 5. Guest Ritual and Interdomainal Relations -- 6. Channeling Along a Centering Path: Greeting and Preparation -- 7. Convergence: Audience, Instruction, and Bestowal -- 8. Bringing Affairs to a Culmination -- 9. Guest Ritual and Diplomacy -- 10. From Events to History: The Macartney Embassy in the Historiography of Sino-Western Relations -- Appendix -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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