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Britain's second embassy to China : Lord Amherst's 'special mission' to the Jiaqing emperor in 1816 / Caroline M. Stevenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Caroline M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857.
- Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst.
- Jiaqing, Emperor of China, 1760-1820.
- Jiaqing.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--China.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- China.
- China--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- China--History--19th century.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 391 pages) : illustrations, maps
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Acton, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, [2021]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Other Format:
- Print version: Britain's second embassy to China : Lord Amherst's 'special mission' to the Jiaqing emperor in 1816.
- ISBN:
- 9781760464097
- 1760464090
- Publisher Number:
- 99987592871
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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