Screen LibraryAn American pioneer of Chinese Studies in cross-cultural perspective : Benjamin Bowen Carter as an agent of global knowledge /
"Benjamin Bowen Carter (1771-1831), one of the first Americans to speak and read Chinese, studied Chinese in Canton and advocated its use in diplomacy decades before America established a formal relationship with China. Drawing on rediscovered manuscripts, this book reconstructs Carter's m...
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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East and west : culture, diplomacy and interactions ; volume 12. 2467-9704 |
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| Summary: |
"Benjamin Bowen Carter (1771-1831), one of the first Americans to speak and read Chinese, studied Chinese in Canton and advocated its use in diplomacy decades before America established a formal relationship with China. Drawing on rediscovered manuscripts, this book reconstructs Carter's multilingual learning experience, reveals how he helped translate a diplomatic document into Chinese, describes his interactions with European sinologists, and traces his attempts to convince the US government and American academics of the practical and cultural value of Chinese studies. The cross-cultural perspective employed in this book emphasizes the reciprocal dynamics of Carter's relationships with Chinese and European "others," while Carter's story itself forces a rewriting of the earliest years of US-China relations"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 447 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), family tree ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-432) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004498952 9004498958 |
| Index Number: | DS734 |
| CLC: | K837.125.81 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.81/C323Y |