Collision of Two Civilizations - Hardcover

Peyrefitte, Alain

 
9780002726771: Collision of Two Civilizations
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0002726777 ISBN 13: 9780002726771
Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This is the story of a failed attempt by the British, in 1793, to open the Chinese Empire to Western trade. Led by Lord Macartney, whose distinguished diplomatic posts included India and the Caribbean, the enormous British expedition of nearly 700 men included doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers and young aristocrats, and lasted more than two years, and its success would have redefined the history of the 19th and 20th centuries. The author has made use of a variety of sources, including, on the British side, the diary of the 12-year-old Thomas Stanton, son of Macartney's deputy, who was the only person in the whole English fleet who spoke Chinese, and, on the Chinese side, the newly discovered secret reports of the Emperor's officials, all annotated by the Emperor himself.

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Verlag
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0002726777
ISBN 13 
9780002726771
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
580
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