LEADER 05136nam 2200565 450 001 9910817746103321 005 20230629222717.0 010 $a90-04-49896-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004498969 035 $a(CKB)4100000012050642 035 $z(OCoLC)1259584233 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004498969 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6746148 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6746148 035 $a(OCoLC)1260167466 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012050642 100 $a20220705d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun####uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn American pioneer of Chinese Studies in cross-cultural perspective $eBenjamin Bowen Carter as an agent of global knowledge /$fby Yeung Man Shun 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aEast and West (Leiden, Netherlands) ;$vVolume 12 311 $a90-04-49895-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments -- Appendixes -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1 On the Linguistic Frontier in Canton -- A Cross-Cultural Approach to Language Learning -- 1.1?The Earliest Glimmer of Chinese Studies in America -- 1.2?Recovering Carter's Story: Perspectives and Approaches -- 1.3?Learning the Language of the Other: The Place of Chinese Studies in Europe and America -- 2 Finding a Calling -- Carter's Transcontinental Journey to Chinese Studies -- 2.1?Restless in America: Family and Early Life -- 2.2?Opportunities in China: 1798-1806 -- 2.3?Fulfillment in Europe and Disappointment at Home: 1806-1831 -- 2.4?From Curiosity to a Lifelong Pursuit -- 3 Reconstructing a Personalized Curriculum -- Textbooks, Dictionaries, and Study Notes -- 3.1?Learning Chinese the Chinese Way -- 3.2?From Linguistic Translation to Cultural Translation -- 3.3?Entering the Chinese World: Carter's Chinoiserie Letter to Conseequa -- 4 Chinese Instructors and Their Anglophone Students -- A Reappraisal -- 4.1?Learning Chinese in Canton and Macao -- 4.2?Abel Yen and His Anglophone Students -- 4.3?Language Instructor as Diplomatic Translator -- 4.4?The American Consul Wishes for an Interpreter -- 5 Agent of Global Knowledge: Carter in London, Paris, and New York -- 5.1?Career Ambition: Consul Interpreter -- 5.2?An Early American Encounter with European Sinology -- 5.3?Academic Ambition: University Educator -- 6 The Rise of American Chinese Studies: Changes in Foreign Policy, Academic Foci, and American Perceptions of China -- 6.1?Carter's View of China and the Chinese -- 6.2?American Curiosity about Chinese Knowledge -- 6.3?The Missionary Roots of the American Sinological Tradition -- 6.4?The Interpreter as Diplomat -- 6.5?America's First Course in Chinese Studies -- 6.6?The Chinese Language: Barrier or Gateway? -- 6.7?The Treasures in the Cushing Collection -- 7 Concluding Remarks: Carter in Perspective -- 7.1?The Origin of Chinese Studies in America: An Alternative Pathway -- 7.2?Teaching and Learning Chinese in China at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century -- 7.3?Creation, Exchange, and Circulation of Chinese Knowledge on a Global Scale -- 7.4?Cross-Cultural Dialogues: Carter, the Canton Dialect, and Contemporary China-America Relations -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aBenjamin Bowen Carter (1771-1831), one of the first Americans to speak and read Chinese, studied Chinese in Canton and advocated its use in diplomacy decades before America established a formal relationship with China. Drawing on rediscovered manuscripts, this book reconstructs Carter's multilingual learning experience, reveals how he helped translate a diplomatic document into Chinese, describes his interactions with European sinologists, and traces his attempts to convince the US government and American academics of the practical and cultural value of Chinese studies. The cross-cultural perspective employed in this book emphasizes the reciprocal dynamics of Carter's relationships with Chinese and European "others," while Carter's story itself forces a rewriting of the earliest years of US-China relations. 410 0$aEast and West (Leiden, Netherlands) ;$vVolume 12. 606 $aChinese language$xStudy and teaching$xHistory 606 $aSinologists$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aChina$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1783-1815 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$y18th century 615 0$aChinese language$xStudy and teaching$xHistory. 615 0$aSinologists 676 $a951.033092 700 $aYeung$b Man Shun$01594667 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817746103321 996 $aAn American pioneer of Chinese Studies in cross-cultural perspective$93915276 997 $aUNINA