Dutch Authors on Asian History
Title | Dutch Authors on Asian History PDF eBook |
Author | Margot E. van Opstall |
Publisher | KITLV Press |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Dutch authors on Asian history presents fifteen essays on Dutch expansion and colonization in Asia before 1800, during the period of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC). This collection offers the opportunity to make acquaintance with the nature and development of colonial historiography as practiced in the Netherlands in the second half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. Although Dutch historiography on Asia and the VOC underwent considerable change after 1960, especially as a result of decolonization, the work of these early historians has not lost its importance. For many aspects of the history of Asia and the VOC these studies supply valuable data and lively descriptions that have not been supplanted by modern research. They also reflect the development of Dutch historiography and the changing views and interpretations of the Dutch colonial past. A major objective in the selection of essays was to shed light on two rather neglected areas: VOC activities outside of the Indonesian archipelago and Dutch relations with other European colonial powers. An extensive historiographical survey and biographical sketch of each author establish the place of these authors and their work in the Dutch tradition.
The Last Embassy
Title | The Last Embassy PDF eBook |
Author | Tonio Andrade |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2021-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0691219885 |
From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and the mistrust that still marks the relationship today. But not all European encounters with China were disastrous. The Last Embassy tells the story of the Dutch mission of 1795, bringing to light a dramatic but little-known episode that transforms our understanding of the history of China and the West. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, Tonio Andrade paints a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of an age marked by intrigues and war. China was on the brink of rebellion. In Europe, French armies were invading Holland. Enduring a harrowing voyage, the Dutch mission was to be the last European diplomatic delegation ever received in the traditional Chinese court. Andrade shows how, in contrast to the British emissaries, the Dutch were men with deep knowledge of Asia who respected regional diplomatic norms and were committed to understanding China on its own terms. Beautifully illustrated with sketches and paintings by Chinese and European artists, The Last Embassy suggests that the Qing court, often mischaracterized as arrogant and narrow-minded, was in fact open, flexible, curious, and cosmopolitan.
How Taiwan Became Chinese
Title | How Taiwan Became Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | Tonio Andrade |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2008-12-09 |
Genre | History |
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Tonio Andrade shows how European trade, protection, and occupation played a central role in Taiwan's colonization and incorporation by the Chinese empire.
The Colonial 'civilizing Process' in Dutch Formosa
Title | The Colonial 'civilizing Process' in Dutch Formosa PDF eBook |
Author | Chiu Hsin-Hui |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 900416507X |
Focusing on Formosan agency in the encounter with Dutch colonialism and Chinese encroachment, this book reveals a fascinating picture of Taiwan in the early modern era.
Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture
Title | Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture PDF eBook |
Author | John Stewart Bowman |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 774 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0231110049 |
A collection of thirty chronologies for all the countries of Asia that describe the country's history and culture.
The Company and the Shogun
Title | The Company and the Shogun PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Clulow |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2013-12-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0231535732 |
The Dutch East India Company was a hybrid organization combining the characteristics of both corporation and state that attempted to thrust itself aggressively into an Asian political order in which it possessed no obvious place and was transformed in the process. This study focuses on the company's clashes with Tokugawa Japan over diplomacy, violence, and sovereignty. In each encounter the Dutch were forced to retreat, compelled to abandon their claims to sovereign powers, and to refashion themselves again and again—from subjects of a fictive king to loyal vassals of the shogun, from aggressive pirates to meek merchants, and from insistent defenders of colonial sovereignty to legal subjects of the Tokugawa state. Within the confines of these conflicts, the terms of the relationship between the company and the shogun first took shape and were subsequently set into what would become their permanent form. The first book to treat the Dutch East India Company in Japan as something more than just a commercial organization, The Company and the Shogun presents new perspective on one of the most important, long-lasting relationships to develop between an Asian state and a European overseas enterprise.
The Dutch and English East India Companies
Title | The Dutch and English East India Companies PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Clulow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | HISTORY |
ISBN | 9789462983298 |
A ground-breaking collection of essays that explores the place of the Dutch and English East India Companies in Asia and the nature of their interactions with Asian rulers, officials, merchants, soldiers and brokers.