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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136257003321

Autore

Sima William

Titolo

China & ANU : diplomats, adventurers, scholars / / William Sima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2016

Acton, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-925022-97-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 pages) : illustrations ; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

001.4068

327.94051

Soggetti

Research teams - China

Research teams - Australia

International relations

China Research Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Maps --Foreword --Acknowledgements --Prologue --Chapter 1 The road to diplomatic representation: 1931–1941 --Chapter 2 Diplomat and scholar: Frederic Eggleston in Chungking and Canberra, 1941–1946 --Chapter 3 Candid friends: Douglas Copland in Nanking,1946–1948 --Chapter 4 Far Eastern history: 1948–1954 --Epilogue --Chinese précis.

Sommario/riassunto

The Pacific War and its aftermath radically transformed Australian perceptions of what was then called the ‘Near North’. Many recognised that in the postwar world Australia’s strategic interests and economic fortunes called for a new understanding of Asia and the Pacific. China loomed large in these calculations. Based on extensive research and featuring rare archival documents and photographs, China & ANU introduces the diplomats, adventurers and scholars who contributed to Australia’s engagement with China, the ‘Chinese Commonwealth’ and our region from the 1940s-1950s. In particular, this book focusses on the interconnection between Australia’s first diplomat-scholars in China and the founding of Chinese Studies at the newly established



Australian National University.