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Description edit
What is lost in translation may be a war, a world, a way of life. A unique look into the nineteenth-century clash of empires from both sides of the earthshaking encounter, this book reveals the connections between international law, modern warfare, and comparative grammar--and their influence... read more
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Characters/People edit
- W. A. P. Martin: Add a description of this character.
- Whitney
- Henry Wheaton
- Stanton
- Peirce
- Napier
- Schleicher
- Cixi
- Palmerston
- Mary Richard
- John Robert Morrison
- Rennie
- Robinson Crusoe
- Thomas Wade
- Lindsay
- Grotius
- Hykes
- Barker
- Elliot
- Maugham
- Derrida
- Parker
- Matteo Ricci
- Zhang Zhidong
- Defoe
- Fairbank
- Bataille
- Morse
- Frantz Fanon
- Pottinger
- H. I. M.
Setting & Locations edit
- China
- Central States
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Vitoria
- England
- East India Company
- Tianjin
- Guangzhou
- Canton
- Vattel
- Japan
- America
- Heaven
- Queen Victoria
- East Indies
- Southeast Asia
- Peking
- United States
- Hong Kong
- France
- Africa
- Singapore
- Manchu
- Burlingame
- Lord Amherst
- Penang
- Ma Jianzhong
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lydia He Liu (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951.034
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Asian
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
- Books › History › Asia › China
- Books › History › World
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