Travel Writings on Asia : Curiosity, Identities, and Knowledge Across the East, c. 1200 to the Present / edited by Christian Mueller, Matteo Salonia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mueller, Christian.

Contributor:

Salonia, Matteo.

Series:

Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies, 2662-7930

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--History.

Asia.

World history.

Archaeology.

Human geography.

Cultural geography.

Ethnology.

Asian History.

World History, Global and Transnational History.

Social and Cultural Geography.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Local Subjects:

Asian History.

World History, Global and Transnational History.

Archaeology.

Social and Cultural Geography.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

2022.

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their travel reflections on Asia. Thus, the actors open windows across time to present a profound overview of diverse descriptions and constructions of Asia. The authors demonstrate that international and transnational history contributes to and benefits from analyses of national and local contexts that in turn enrich our understanding of transcultural encounters and experiences across time. The book proposes an actor-centred contextual approach to travel writing to recount meaningful constructions of Asia's physical, political and spiritual landscapes. It offers comparative reflections on the patterns of encounter across Eurasia, where from the late medieval period an idea of civilisation was transculturally shared yet also constantly questioned and reframed. Tailored for academic and public discussions alike, this volume will be invaluable for both scholars of Global History and interested audiences to stimulate further discussions on the nature of global encounters in Asia. Christian Mueller is Associate Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Matteo Salonia is Assistant Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

Contents:

Introduction

Section 1: Re-forging Frontiers in Asia - Local and Transcontinental Mobilities in the Global Middle Ages

Travel, Order and Knowledge: Local officials in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) and Functions of Travelling in China

Transcultural Perceptions of the 'East' in the 13th and 14th century - towards a study of curiosity in the Global Middle Ages

Massacres and Mobilities: Human Movement in the Mongol World Empire

Section 2: Mapping 'New' Frontiers - Curiosity and Knowledge

Antonio Pigafetta's Asia

Bowing to a new king - The Ming-Qing transition in European sources

The Silk Road as a Spiritual Landscape: The Otani Expeditions and Tibet

Section 3: The Imperial 'Gaze' - Hegemonic Perceptions of Knowledge and Power

Britain's Brave Boys and the Haunted House of China. British 'Adventurers' and the Empire's 'Special Mission' in the Asia Pacific during the 1840s

German Dreams of an Empire in the East. TheGerman Expeditions to East Asia and Ferdinand von Richthofen's encounters with China, 1850 - 1880

At the Edge of Empire: The Japanese Army in Rehe (Jehol) in the early 1930s

Section 4: Transnational Perspectives in a Digital Age - Reflections on Global Mobilities in Asia

A Very, Not So Modern Journey: Representing Europe - Asia encounters through a contemporary Chinese lens

Mobility and Identity: Northern Drifters and Digital Nomads.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789811901249

9811901244

OCLC:

1329442061