Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793 by James L. Hevia

Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793

James L. Hevia

312 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

history informative slow-paced
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In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time—the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion was the mission of Lord Macartney, sent by the British crown a...

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