The Perils of Interpreting : The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire /

The Perils of Interpreting : The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire /

An impressive new history of China's relations with the West--told through the lives of two language interpreters who participated in the famed Macartney embassy in 1793The 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney's fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has...

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Main Author: Harrison, Henrietta (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1644-1912
Translating and interpreting > Political aspects > China > History > 18th century.
Translating and interpreting > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1789-1820.
China > Foreign relations > 1644-1912.
History
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