Cherishing men from afar: Qing guest ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793

Introduction -- A multitude of lords : the Qing Empire, Manchu rulership, and interdomainal relations -- Planning and organizing the British embassy -- King Solomon in all his glory : the British embassy in China -- Guest ritual and interdomainal relations -- Channeling along a centering path : gree...

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Beteilige Person: Hevia, James Louis 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 1995
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- A multitude of lords : the Qing Empire, Manchu rulership, and interdomainal relations -- Planning and organizing the British embassy -- King Solomon in all his glory : the British embassy in China -- Guest ritual and interdomainal relations -- Channeling along a centering path : greeting and preparation -- Convergence : audience, instruction, and bestowal -- Bringing affairs to a culmination -- Guest ritual and diplomacy -- From events to history : the Macartney embassy in the historiography of Sino-Western relations
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index. - Description based on print version record
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 292 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780822396284
0822396289