LEADER 05339nam 22007935 450 001 9910574853503321 005 20250628110049.0 010 $a9789811901249 010 $a9811901244 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-0124-9 035 $a(CKB)5720000000006358 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7015337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7015337 035 $a(OCoLC)1329442061 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84400 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-0124-9 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010074277 035 $a(oapen)doab84400 035 $a(EXLCZ)995720000000006358 100 $a20220609d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTravel Writings on Asia $eCuriosity, Identities, and Knowledge Across the East, c. 1200 to the Present /$fedited by Christian Mueller, Matteo Salonia 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 $d2022 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies,$x2662-7930 311 08$a9789811901232 311 08$a9811901236 327 $aIntroduction -- Section 1: Re-forging Frontiers in Asia - Local and Transcontinental Mobilities in the Global Middle Ages -- Travel, Order and Knowledge: Local officials in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) and Functions of Travelling in China -- Transcultural Perceptions of the 'East' in the 13th and 14th century - towards a study of curiosity in the Global Middle Ages -- Massacres and Mobilities: Human Movement in the Mongol World Empire -- Section 2: Mapping 'New' Frontiers - Curiosity and Knowledge -- Antonio Pigafetta's Asia -- Bowing to a new king - The Ming-Qing transition in European sources -- The Silk Road as a Spiritual Landscape: The Otani Expeditions and Tibet -- Section 3: The Imperial 'Gaze' - Hegemonic Perceptions of Knowledge and Power -- Britain's Brave Boys and the Haunted House of China. British 'Adventurers' and the Empire's 'Special Mission' in the Asia Pacific during the 1840s -- German Dreams of an Empire in the East. TheGerman Expeditions to East Asia and Ferdinand von Richthofen's encounters with China, 1850 - 1880 -- At the Edge of Empire: The Japanese Army in Rehe (Jehol) in the early 1930s -- Section 4: Transnational Perspectives in a Digital Age - Reflections on Global Mobilities in Asia -- A Very, Not So Modern Journey: Representing Europe - Asia encounters through a contemporary Chinese lens -- Mobility and Identity: Northern Drifters and Digital Nomads. 330 $aThe open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their travel reflections on Asia. Thus, the actors open windows across time to present a profound overview of diverse descriptions and constructions of Asia. The authors demonstrate that international and transnational history contributes to and benefits from analyses of national and local contexts that in turn enrich our understanding of transcultural encounters and experiences across time. The book proposes an actor-centred contextual approach to travel writing to recount meaningful constructions of Asia's physical, political and spiritual landscapes. It offers comparative reflections on the patterns of encounter across Eurasia, where from the late medieval period an idea of civilisation was transculturally shared yet also constantly questioned and reframed. Tailored for academic and public discussions alike, this volume will be invaluable for both scholars of Global History and interested audiences to stimulate further discussions on the nature of global encounters in Asia. Christian Mueller is Associate Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Matteo Salonia is Assistant Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. 410 0$aPalgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies,$x2662-7930 606 $aAsia$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 606 $aArchaeology 606 $aHuman geography 606 $aCultural geography 606 $aEthnology 606 $aAsian History 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History 606 $aArchaeology 606 $aSocial and Cultural Geography 606 $aSociocultural Anthropology 615 0$aAsia$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 0$aArchaeology. 615 0$aHuman geography. 615 0$aCultural geography. 615 0$aEthnology. 615 14$aAsian History. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 615 24$aArchaeology. 615 24$aSocial and Cultural Geography. 615 24$aSociocultural Anthropology. 676 $a915.04 686 $aHIS003000$aHIS037000$aSOC002000$aSOC003000$aSOC015000$2bisacsh 700 $aMueller$b Christian$01256101 701 $aSalonia$b Matteo$01209607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910574853503321 996 $aTravel Writings on Asia$92911919 997 $aUNINA