The breath of empire : breathing with historical trauma in Anglo-Chinese relations / / Nichola Khan |
Autore | Khan Nichola |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 pages) |
Disciplina | 327.51041 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology |
ISBN |
9783031176906
9783031176890 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About the Book (Optional, Conferences) -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Breathing With Historical Trauma -- Respiratory Politics -- Intimacies Across Continents and Generations -- Breathing With Words -- Becoming Breathless -- References -- Chapter 2: Breathing as Transgenerational Transmission -- 104 Johnston Road: And Other Unhomely Dwellings -- Washing the Bones -- Afflictions of Breath -- Bodily Dwellings -- From Colonial to Postcolonial Disorders -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Women's Intimacies After Empire: Respiratory Histories for the Future -- Message From a Dead Grandmother -- Imperial Intimacies for the Future -- Writing, Through Paralysis and Possibility (Reading Duras) -- Time and Returns, Colonial Trauma -- Contested Scenes: Between a Father and Daughter -- Oceanic Futures, My Head Is Floating -- No Ending, On Time -- References -- Chapter 4: Conclusion: Breathing as Life -- References -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910631086703321 |
Khan Nichola
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Britain and China |
Autore | Luard Evan <1926-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins Press, [1962] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.42051 |
Collana | Britain in the world today |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4214-3354-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524846703321 |
Luard Evan <1926->
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins Press, [1962] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Britain's imperial cornerstone in China : the Chinese maritime customs service, 1854-1949 / / Donna Brunero |
Autore | Brunero Donna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 200 p |
Disciplina | 352.448095109034 |
Collana | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia |
Soggetto topico |
History, Modern - China - 19th century
International relations - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-134-34093-1
1-134-34094-X 9786610377312 1-280-37731-3 0-203-31512-X 0-415-32619-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 An institutional review -- chapter 3 Gunboats and revenue, 1923-7 -- chapter 4 Nationalist ascendancy and the politics of being Inspector General -- chapter 5 Charting a new course -- chapter 6 A Service in decline -- chapter 7 Steadfast and fearlessly persistent: the CMCS in the face of war, 1937-45. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765815903321 |
Brunero Donna
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Britain's imperial cornerstone in China : the Chinese maritime customs service, 1854-1949 / / Donna Brunero |
Autore | Brunero Donna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 200 p |
Disciplina | 352.4/48/095109034 |
Collana | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia |
Soggetto topico |
History, Modern - China - 19thth century
International relations - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-34093-1
1-134-34094-X 9786610377312 1-280-37731-3 0-203-31512-X 0-415-32619-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 An institutional review -- chapter 3 Gunboats and revenue, 1923-7 -- chapter 4 Nationalist ascendancy and the politics of being Inspector General -- chapter 5 Charting a new course -- chapter 6 A Service in decline -- chapter 7 Steadfast and fearlessly persistent: the CMCS in the face of war, 1937-45. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910348233203321 |
Brunero Donna
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Britain's Second Embassy to China : Lord Amherst's 'Special Mission' to the Jiaqing Emperor In 1816 |
Autore | Stevenson Caroline |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
British & Irish history
Asian history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 |
Soggetto non controllato |
China
Britain British Empire William Pitt Amherst Canton Kowtow tributary system |
ISBN | 1-76046-409-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Terminology and Romanisation and Monetary Values -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Political Setting of the Amherst Embassy -- 3. Origins of the Amherst Embassy: Canton and Sir George Thomas Staunton -- 4. The View from London: John Barrow and Lord William Pitt Amherst -- 5. Amherst's Preparations for the Embassy -- 6. The Voyage from Portsmouth to 'Hong Kong' -- 7. Up the Coast of China and Arrival at Tianjin -- 8. The Imperial Banquet of 13 August 1816 and Progress to Tongzhou -- 9. To Yuanmingyuan, Reception and Dismissal -- 10. Overland to Canton: The British Cultural Encounter with China -- 11. Aftermath: Britain's Reaction to the Failure of the Amherst Embassy -- 12. Retrospect: Reflections on the Amherst Embassy -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: List of Persons and Their Salaries -- Appendix B: Presents and Cost of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix C: The Total Cost of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix D: Ball's Secret Report (Commissioner of Teas at Canton) -- Appendix E: List of Chinese Officials Responsible for the Conduct of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix F: Imperial Edict: 'Ceremonies to Be Observed at the Audience of Leave' -- Appendix G: Substance of an Edict Seen on the Walls of a Building in the 8th Moon of the 21st Year of Kia King -- Appendix H: Itinerary of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix I: Morrison's Letters to Amherst (1821) -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Britain's Second Embassy to China |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910440650303321 |
Stevenson Caroline
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Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cherishing men from afar : Qing guest ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793 / / James L. Hevia |
Autore | Hevia James Louis <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 327.51041/09/033 |
Soggetto topico | Diplomatic etiquette - China |
ISBN |
1-306-86746-0
0-8223-9628-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A multitude of lords : the Qing Empire, Manchu rulership, and interdomainal relations -- Planning and organizing the British embassy -- King Solomon in all his glory : the British embassy in China -- Guest ritual and interdomainal relations -- Channeling along a centering path : greeting and preparation -- Convergence : audience, instruction, and bestowal -- Bringing affairs to a culmination -- Guest ritual and diplomacy -- From events to history : the Macartney embassy in the historiography of Sino-Western relations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789338403321 |
Hevia James Louis <1947->
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Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 1995 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cherishing men from afar : Qing guest ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793 / / James L. Hevia |
Autore | Hevia James Louis <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 327.51041/09/033 |
Soggetto topico | Diplomatic etiquette - China |
ISBN |
1-306-86746-0
0-8223-9628-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A multitude of lords : the Qing Empire, Manchu rulership, and interdomainal relations -- Planning and organizing the British embassy -- King Solomon in all his glory : the British embassy in China -- Guest ritual and interdomainal relations -- Channeling along a centering path : greeting and preparation -- Convergence : audience, instruction, and bestowal -- Bringing affairs to a culmination -- Guest ritual and diplomacy -- From events to history : the Macartney embassy in the historiography of Sino-Western relations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815769503321 |
Hevia James Louis <1947->
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Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 1995 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comments on legal aspects of the Sino-British declaration on Hong Kong / / prepared by Tao-tai Hsia and Constance A. Johnson |
Autore | Hsia Tao-tai <1921-2020, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Far Eastern Law Division, Law Library, Library of Congress, , 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (4 pages) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713418303321 |
Hsia Tao-tai <1921-2020, >
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : Far Eastern Law Division, Law Library, Library of Congress, , 1985 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comments on the draft agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of the People's Republic of China on the future of Hong Kong / / prepared by Tao-tai Hsia and Wendy Zeldin |
Autore | Hsia Tao-tai <1921-2020, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Law Library, Library of Congress, , 1986 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (5 pages) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713472203321 |
Hsia Tao-tai <1921-2020, >
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Washington, D.C. : , : Law Library, Library of Congress, , 1986 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Confronting Communism [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. and British policies toward China / / Victor S. Kaufman |
Autore | Kaufman Scott <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.73041 |
Soggetto topico | Communism - China - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-6356-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449786503321 |
Kaufman Scott <1969->
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Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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