China Charts the World: Hsu Chi-yü and His Geography of 1848Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Scholar-Official from Shansi -- The “Intractable Barbarians” -- In Touch with a New World -- A Victim of Conservatism -- The Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh -- Governor Hsu's Image of the World -- Danger in China's Maritime Sphere -- Threatened on the Inner Asian Frontier -- The “Barbarian” Base in Europe -- Despair in Africa, Hope in America -- Return to China's Heartland -- Conclusion -- Works Cited in the Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh: Titles, Authors, and Location in the 1848 Edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs. |
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... returned in 1836 as a missionary before entering government service under Sir Henry Pottinger and had served as the first British consul at Canton before his transfer to Foochow . During his years in China Lay had learned much of the ...
... returned in 1836 as a missionary before entering government service under Sir Henry Pottinger and had served as the first British consul at Canton before his transfer to Foochow . During his years in China Lay had learned much of the ...
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... returning to their own land . Any lack in provisions can be filled there . In recent years the " Singapore " [ written ... returned these in exchange for Malacca , so that all now belonged to Holland . Mer- chant junks from China came ...
... returning to their own land . Any lack in provisions can be filled there . In recent years the " Singapore " [ written ... returned these in exchange for Malacca , so that all now belonged to Holland . Mer- chant junks from China came ...
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... returned to Shansi's conservative elite , a group dedicated to values Hsu still shared despite his more realistic ap- proach to foreign affairs . He moved back into a microcosm within China's culture island , and looked forward to ...
... returned to Shansi's conservative elite , a group dedicated to values Hsu still shared despite his more realistic ap- proach to foreign affairs . He moved back into a microcosm within China's culture island , and looked forward to ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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