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    Barrow's Travels in China

Barrow's Travels in China

William Jardine Proudfoot
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      William Jardine Proudfoot (c.1804–1887) published his critique of Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (1804; also reissued in this series) with the agenda of exposing the latter as unreliable and unjust. Barrow had accompanied Lord Macartney on the first British mission to the Chinese Imperial Court (1792–4), in a party that also included the official astronomer, Dr James Dinwiddie, Proudfoot's grandfather. Comparing Barrow's account to that found in other records, Proudfoot concludes that the earlier work was 'a great humbug', ascribing to Barrow the 'powerful motive' of self-promotion. In a work full of vitriol against its subject, Proudfoot's concern is to honour the memory of the mission's members, whom he felt Barrow belittled and vilified, and also to point out factual inaccuracies, accusing him of seeking amusement rather than truth in his anecdotes. Read alongside Barrow's work, it makes for an interesting, scornful, and often entertaining counter.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: William Jardine Proudfoot EAN: 9781108045636 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 240 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-07-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / General WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      China, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian history, Classic travel writing

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      William Jardine Proudfoot (c.1804–1887) published his critique of Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (1804; also reissued in this series) with the agenda of exposing the latter as unreliable and unjust. Barrow had accompanied Lord Macartney on the first British mission to the Chinese Imperial Court (1792–4), in a party that also included the official astronomer, Dr James Dinwiddie, Proudfoot's grandfather. Comparing Barrow's account to that found in other records, Proudfoot concludes that the earlier work was 'a great humbug', ascribing to Barrow the 'powerful motive' of self-promotion. In a work full of vitriol against its subject, Proudfoot's concern is to honour the memory of the mission's members, whom he felt Barrow belittled and vilified, and also to point out factual inaccuracies, accusing him of seeking amusement rather than truth in his anecdotes. Read alongside Barrow's work, it makes for an interesting, scornful, and often entertaining counter.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: William Jardine Proudfoot EAN: 9781108045636 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 240 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-07-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / General WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      China, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian history, Classic travel writing

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