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- catalog abstract "From Alain Peyrefitte, a historical tour de force: The Immobile Empire recaptures the extraordinary experience of two worlds in collision. Peyrefitte describes in fascinating detail the story of the failed attempt by the British during the 1790s to open the Chinese Empire to Western trade. Led by Lord George Macartney, whose previous diplomatic career had involved successful stints in India and the Caribbean, the enormous British expedition of nearly seven hundred men. Included diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and young members of the British aristocracy. Macartney's refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was the first signal that the two empires would fail to see eye to eye. The British, fueled by the ideas of Adam Smith, had built an empire on the principle of mutually advantageous trade among nations. But, as Peyrefitte notes dryly, "Confucius never read Adam Smith." The. British wanted tea, porcelain, and silk, but had little to offer the Chinese in return, except one shameful commodity - Indian opium. "Everyone thought of it," Peyrefitte remarks, "but no one spoke of it." Making use of extraordinary source materials - including, on the British side, the wonderfully candid diary of twelve-year-old Thomas Staunton, son of Macartney's aide, and the only person in the entire English fleet who had taught himself Chinese, and, on the Chinese. Side, the newly discovered secret reports of the Emperor's officials, all personally annotated by the Emperor himself - Peyrefitte is able to tell this remarkable story from both sides, and from multiple perspectives on each side. Superbly translated by Jon Rothschild, The Immobile Empire is history at its most gripping and entertaining.".
- catalog alternative "Empire immobile. English".
- catalog contributor b3997795.
- catalog coverage "China Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog coverage "China History Qianlong, 1736-1795.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1789-1820.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations China.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "British wanted tea, porcelain, and silk, but had little to offer the Chinese in return, except one shameful commodity - Indian opium. "Everyone thought of it," Peyrefitte remarks, "but no one spoke of it." Making use of extraordinary source materials - including, on the British side, the wonderfully candid diary of twelve-year-old Thomas Staunton, son of Macartney's aide, and the only person in the entire English fleet who had taught himself Chinese, and, on the Chinese.".
- catalog description "From Alain Peyrefitte, a historical tour de force: The Immobile Empire recaptures the extraordinary experience of two worlds in collision. Peyrefitte describes in fascinating detail the story of the failed attempt by the British during the 1790s to open the Chinese Empire to Western trade. Led by Lord George Macartney, whose previous diplomatic career had involved successful stints in India and the Caribbean, the enormous British expedition of nearly seven hundred men.".
- catalog description "Included diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and young members of the British aristocracy. Macartney's refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was the first signal that the two empires would fail to see eye to eye. The British, fueled by the ideas of Adam Smith, had built an empire on the principle of mutually advantageous trade among nations. But, as Peyrefitte notes dryly, "Confucius never read Adam Smith." The.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [597]-609) and index.".
- catalog description "Side, the newly discovered secret reports of the Emperor's officials, all personally annotated by the Emperor himself - Peyrefitte is able to tell this remarkable story from both sides, and from multiple perspectives on each side. Superbly translated by Jon Rothschild, The Immobile Empire is history at its most gripping and entertaining.".
- catalog extent "xxxiii, 630 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Immobile empire.".
- catalog identifier "0394586549 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Immobile empire.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Immobile empire.".
- catalog spatial "China Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "China History Qianlong, 1736-1795.".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1789-1820.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations China.".
- catalog subject "327.41051 20".
- catalog subject "British China History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "British Travel China History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "DA47.9.C5 P4913 1992".
- catalog subject "Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.".
- catalog title "Empire immobile. English".
- catalog title "The immobile empire / Alain Peyrefitte ; translated from the French by Jon Rothschild.".
- catalog type "text".