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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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 |
Yeung Man Shun
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Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
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China watcher [[electronic resource] ] : confessions of a Peking Tom / / Richard Baum |
Autore | Baum Richard <1940-2012.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 328 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
951.05092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Sinologists - United States
College teachers - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-80021-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- The occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458676903321 |
Baum Richard <1940-2012.>
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China watcher [[electronic resource] ] : confessions of a Peking Tom / / Richard Baum |
Autore | Baum Richard <1940-2012.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 328 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
951.05092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Sinologists - United States
College teachers - United States |
ISBN | 0-295-80021-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- The occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791565503321 |
Baum Richard <1940-2012.>
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China watcher [[electronic resource] ] : confessions of a Peking Tom / / Richard Baum |
Autore | Baum Richard <1940-2012.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 328 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
951.05092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Sinologists - United States
College teachers - United States |
ISBN | 0-295-80021-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- The occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819311603321 |
Baum Richard <1940-2012.>
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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