Daniel Carey (ed.)

Asian Travel in the Renaissance

Herausgeber: Carey, Daniel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism, and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and English figures. It contrasts the traditions and aspirations of rival trading companies and religious orders in the Renaissance era, describing the cultural politics of European contact with countries from Siam to Japan. The book comprises a series of essays written by international scholars, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of religious, cultural, political, and economic exchange. Subjects under scrutiny include Dutch methods of globalisation, the Jesuits' attempts to introduce European culture into China, the part played by the Far East in the English imagination, and the documentary resources available to chroniclers who recorded the journeys of their countrymen. Collectively, the essays establish the importance of Asia as a place of aspiration and experience in the early modern period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9781405111607
• ISBN-10: 1405111607
• Artikelnr.: 21381528

Autorenporträt

Daniel Carey is Lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He has edited a 'Les voyages de Gulliver: Mondes lointains ou modes proches' (2002) and is Editor of the journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors.

Preface: Anthony Reid.

1. Introduction: Daniel Carey.

2. Alessandro Valignano: Man, Missionary and Writer: M. AntoniJ. Ucerler, Sj.

3. The Transmission of Renaissance Culture inSeventeenth-Century China: Nicolas Standaert.

4. The Widening of the World and the Realm of History: EarlyEuropean Approaches to the Beginnings of Siamese History,c.1500-1700: Sven Trakulhun.

5. The Spanish Contribution to the Ethnology of Asia in theSixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Joan-Pau Rubiés.

6. A Truthful Pen and an Impartial Spirit": BartoloméLeonardo de Argensola and the Conquista de las Islas Malucas: JohnVilliers.

7. "Wherever profit leads us, to every sea and shore...":The VOC, the WIC, and Dutch Methods of Globalization in theSeventeenth Century: Claudia Schnurmann. 8. Riches, Power, Tradeand Religion: The Far East and the English Imagination, 1600-1720:Robert Markley.

9. The Political Economy of Poison: The Kingdom of Makassar andthe Early Royal Society: Daniel Carey.

Obituary - C.R. Boxer (1904-2000).

Index.

Rezensionen

"This book presents eight varied essays, each an interestingexample of quality scholarly writing."
-- Renaissance Quarterly

"The range of primary texts examined and the depth of secondaryreferences make the book a valuable resource for ....interdisciplinary work on Europe and Asia."
--Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies

"Asian Travel in the Renaissance provides some engagingstudies of early modern European writing about SoutheastAsia."
--Studies in Travel Writing