Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Publ...

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Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), sinologist and politician, was a key figure in early nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. Staunton secured a post as a writer in the East India Company's factory in Canton in 1798 and was the only Englishman at the factory to study Chinese. He translated China's penal code and was promoted to chief of the Canton factory in 1816. He was a member of Britain's Amherst embassy to Peking in 1816-1817 to protest against mandarins' treatment of Canton merchants. The embassy failed to obtain an imperial interview but, despite being threatened with detention by the Chinese, Staunton insisted that the British should not submit to the emperor. Staunton returned to England in 1817, and served as a Tory MP between 1818 and 1852. Staunton's Memoirs, which were printed privately in 1856, provide a unique insight into nineteenth-century British perceptions of China.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Birth and education; Background to relations with China; First impressions at Canton; Second mission to China; Publication of the Chinese penal code; Return to China; Final visit to China; Relations with China; Opium wars; Parliamentary affairs; Formation of Royal Asiatic Society; Appendix.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108014922
ISBN-10:	1108014925
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Staunton, George Thomas George Thomas, Staunton
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	George Thomas Staunton (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.06.2010
Gewicht:	0,355 kg