MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
04545cam a2200481 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| control field |
ocm1246622988 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20230503140557.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
210420t20212021njuabc b 001 0 eng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| LC control number |
2021943817 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
0691225451 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9780691225456 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
0691225478 |
| Qualifying information |
(e-book) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780691225470 |
| Qualifying information |
(e-book) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| System control number |
(OCoLC)1246622988 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| System control number |
(OCoLC)on1246622988 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
YDX |
| Modifying agency |
BDX |
| -- |
UKMGB |
| -- |
OCLCF |
| -- |
BNG |
| -- |
YDX |
| -- |
OCLCO |
| -- |
ZLM |
| -- |
EXH |
| -- |
MiTN |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
|---|
| Geographic area code |
e-uk--- |
| -- |
a-cc--- |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
P306.97 .P65 |
| Item number |
H37 2021 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
327.5104109033 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Harrison, Henrietta, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
The perils of interpreting : |
| Remainder of title |
the extraordinary lives of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Henrietta Harrison. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
|---|
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2021] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
|---|
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
xiv, 341 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps, portraits ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
|---|
| Content type term |
cartographic image |
| Source |
rdacontent. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
|---|
| Content type term |
still image |
| Source |
rdacontent. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
|---|
| Content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
|---|
| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Source |
rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
|---|
| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Source |
rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
|---|
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
|---|
| Formatted contents note |
Lives that crossed the world. The Li family of Liangzhou -- George Leonard Staunton of Galway -- Li Zibiao's education in Naples -- George Thomas Staunton's peculiar childhood -- Li Zibiao and Lord Macartney's embassy. Finding an interpreter for an embassy to China -- Crossing the oceans -- Other possible interpreters -- Li Zibiao as interpreter and mediator -- Speaking to the emperor -- Becoming an invisible interpreter -- Li Zibiao after the embassy -- George Thomas Staunton and the Canton trade. George Thomas Staunton becomes an interpreter -- Sir George Staunton, translator and banker -- The British occupation of Macao and its aftermath -- A linguist and his troubles -- The Amherst embassy -- Exclusion. Li Zibiao's last years in hiding -- Staunton in parliament -- The opium war -- Forgetting. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc. |
"The 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney's fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been viewed as a clash of cultures fueled by the East's disinterest in the West. In The Perils of Interpreting, Henrietta Harrison presents a more nuanced picture, ingeniously shifting the historical lens to focus on Macartney's two interpreters at that meeting--Li Zibiao and George Thomas Staunton. Who were these two men? How did they intervene in the exchanges that they mediated? And what did these exchanges mean for them? From Galway to Chengde, and from political intrigues to personal encounters, Harrison reassesses a pivotal moment in relations between China and Britain. She shows that there were Chinese who were familiar with the West, but growing tensions endangered those who embraced both cultures and would eventually culminate in the Opium Wars. Harrison demonstrates that the Qing court's ignorance about the British did not simply happen, but was manufactured through the repression of cultural go-betweens like Li and Staunton. She traces Li's influence as Macartney's interpreter, the pressures Li faced in China as a result, and his later years in hiding. Staunton interpreted successfully for the British East India Company in Canton, but as Chinese anger grew against British imperial expansion in South Asia, he was compelled to flee to England. Harrison contends that in silencing expert voices, the Qing court missed an opportunity to gain insights that might have prevented a losing conflict with Britain. Uncovering the lives of two overlooked figures, The Perils of Interpreting offers an empathic argument for cross-cultural understanding in a connected world." -- Publisher's description. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Li, Zibiao. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Macartney, George Macartney, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
Earl, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1737-1806 |
| -- |
https://isni.org/isni/0000000110368245. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Staunton, George Thomas, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
Sir, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1781-1859 |
| -- |
https://isni.org/isni/0000000081462792. |
| 648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
|---|
| Chronological term |
1644-1912 |
| Source of heading or term |
fast. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Translating and interpreting |
| General subdivision |
Political aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
China |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Translating and interpreting |
| General subdivision |
Political aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
|---|
| Geographic name |
China |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Chronological subdivision |
1644-1912. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
|---|
| Geographic name |
China |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
|---|
| Geographic name |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Chronological subdivision |
1789-1820. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
|---|
| Geographic name |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
China. |