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Anglo-Chinese Encounters Since 1800
Wang Gungwu
其他書名
War, Trade, Science and Governance
出版Cambridge University Press, 2003-04-07
主題Business & Economics / Economic HistoryHistory / GeneralHistory / WorldHistory / Europe / RenaissanceHistory / Modern / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / International Relations / General
ISBN05215341359780521534130
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=A97-5ftvJFoC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Chinese encounters with the British were more than merely those between two great powers. There was the larger canvas of the Empire and Commonwealth where the two peoples traded and interacted. In China, officials and merchants had to place the British beside other enterprising foreign peoples who were equally intent on influencing developments there. There were also Chinese who encountered the British in personal ways, and individual British who ventured into a 'vast unknown' with its deep history. Wang Gungwu's book, based on lectures linking China and the Chinese with imperial Britain, examines the possibilities in, as well as the limits of, their encounters. It takes the story beyond the cliches of opium, fighting, and the diplomatic skills needed to fend off rivals and enemies, and probes some areas of more intimate encounters, not least the beginnings of a wider English-speaking future.