Kowtow : Georgian Britain, imperial China, and the Irishman who introduced them / Eoin McDonnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonnell, Eoin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Travel.

History.

British.

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

China.

British--Travel--China--History--18th century.

Diplomatic relations.

Qing Dynasty (China).

Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.

Qianlong.

Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.

Macartney, George Macartney.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--China.

Great Britain.

International relations.

China--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

192 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Fonthill , 2021.

Summary:

In 1793, George Macartney introduced two of the leading empires of his age, and set off one of the greatest power shifts in history. Kowtow: Georgian Britain, Imperial China and the Irishman who Introduced Them tells the story of Macartney, Britain's first Ambassador to China, and his career that spanned the globe, from the Caribbean to India, from Brazil to Indonesia, and then finally through China to Peking. Kowtow explains why Macartne's embassy was needed, and examines the nature and personalities of the Ambassador and his imperial host, the Emperor Qianlong. The reader will journey with Macartney across the world into Peking's Summer Palace, before crossing over the Great Wall to Qianlong's summer hunting grounds in Rehe. The story of the Macartney mission provides significant lessons for modern diplomatic engagements and trade relations, and still causes great reverberations today. As a result, his mission represents one of the major missed opportunities in history and the challenges faced by Macartney still finds echoes in relations between China and the West.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. `It Must Not be Difficult to Impress the Chinese'

2. `Who in the World is this Young Man, Who Knows So Much About So Many Things?'

3. `Affable and Affectionate to His Subjects, Vindictive and Relentless to His Enemies'

4. `The Severest Sufferings Both in Body and Mind'

5. `The Greatest City on the Surface of the Globe'

6. The Kowtow: An `Ingenious Vehicle'

7. `Treated Too Favourably, a Barbarian Becomes Arrogant'

8. `King Solomon in All His Glory'

9. `Tremblingly Obey and Show No Negligence!'

10. `An Opportunity of Knowing Us'

11. `An Old, Crazy, First-rate Man of War'

12. Conclusion.

ISBN:

9781781558218

1781558213

OCLC:

1249022374

Publisher Number:

99989037053