An American pioneer of Chinese Studies in cross-cultural perspective : Benjamin Bowen Carter as an agent of global knowledge / / by Yeung Man Shun |
Autore | Yeung Man Shun |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 951.033092 |
Collana | East and West (Leiden, Netherlands) |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese language - Study and teaching - History
Sinologists - United States |
ISBN | 90-04-49896-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794795803321 |
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Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
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An American pioneer of Chinese Studies in cross-cultural perspective : Benjamin Bowen Carter as an agent of global knowledge / / by Yeung Man Shun |
Autore | Yeung Man Shun |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 951.033092 |
Collana | East and West (Leiden, Netherlands) |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese language - Study and teaching - History
Sinologists - United States |
ISBN | 90-04-49896-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817746103321 |
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Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
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Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin |
Autore | Baldwin Maria T |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 323 |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Guatemala
Human rights - United States Human rights - China Capital punishment - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-59332-426-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458306303321 |
Baldwin Maria T
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 | ||
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Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin |
Autore | Baldwin Maria T |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 323 |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Guatemala
Human rights - United States Human rights - China Capital punishment - United States |
ISBN | 1-59332-426-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791130703321 |
Baldwin Maria T
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 | ||
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Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin |
Autore | Baldwin Maria T |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 323 |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Guatemala
Human rights - United States Human rights - China Capital punishment - United States |
ISBN | 1-59332-426-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- AI's Determined Protest for Human Rights Protection -- Human Rights Abuse, Guatemala, and U. S. Policy -- AI v. Political Murder in Guatemala -- Evolving Standards of Decency and the U. S. Death Penalty -- AI v. the Machinery of Death in the United States -- The Path to Tiananmen Square -- AI AND THE FORGOTTEN PRISONERS OF CHINA -- Evaluation of AI's Human Rights Campaigns -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827530003321 |
Baldwin Maria T
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 | ||
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Another U.S. deficit [[electronic resource] ] : China and America, public diplomacy in the age of the Internet : a minority staff report prepared for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, February 15, 2011 |
Autore | Foldi Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O. : , : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 69 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
Collana | S. prt. |
Soggetto topico |
Public opinion - China
Public opinion - United States International relations and culture - United States International relations and culture - China Freedom of information - China Internet - Censorship - China |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Another U.S. deficit |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910700505303321 |
Foldi Paul
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Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O. : , : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Arms control and disarmament : adjusting to a new era . [Paper #7] / / by Christopher A. Ford |
Autore | Ford Christopher A. <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of State, United States of America : , : Arms Control and International Security, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (6 pages) |
Collana | Arms control and international security papers |
Soggetto topico |
Arms control - United States
Arms control - China Arms control - Russia (Federation) Disarmament - United States Disarmament - China Disarmament - Russia (Federation) Nuclear arms control - United States Nuclear arms control - China Nuclear arms control - Russia (Federation) Nuclear weapons - United States Nuclear weapons - China Nuclear weapons - Russia (Federation) Nuclear disarmament - United States Nuclear disarmament - China Nuclear disarmament - Russia (Federation) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Arms control and disarmament |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713789603321 |
Ford Christopher A. <1967->
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of State, United States of America : , : Arms Control and International Security, , 2020 | ||
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Arms control in outer space : history and prospectus . [Paper 12] / / by Christopher A. Ford |
Autore | Ford Christopher A. <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of State, United States of America : , : Arms Control and International Security, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (10 pages) |
Collana | Arms control and international security papers |
Soggetto topico |
Space security
Space control (Military science) Security, International |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Arms control in outer space |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910715245003321 |
Ford Christopher A. <1967->
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of State, United States of America : , : Arms Control and International Security, , 2020 | ||
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The art of peace [[electronic resource] ] : dissuading China from developing counter-space weapons / / David O. Meteyer |
Autore | Meteyer David O |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | USAF Academy, Colo. : , : USAF Institute for National Security Studies, , [2005] |
Descrizione fisica | x, 100 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | INSS occasional paper |
Soggetto topico |
Space weapons
Anti-satellite weapons - China Astronautics, Military - China Deterrence (Strategy) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Dissuasion -- Space operations in a Sino-American conflict -- Conditions for success -- Conclusion. |
Altri titoli varianti | Art of peace |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695033203321 |
Meteyer David O
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USAF Academy, Colo. : , : USAF Institute for National Security Studies, , [2005] | ||
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Asia overview : protecting American interests in China and Asia [[electronic resource] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 31, 2011] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | iii, 106 pages : illustrations, maps |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Asia overview |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703126303321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 | ||
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