{"product_id":"strangers-at-the-heavenly-court-james-masaki-fujitani-9789819527007","title":"Strangers at the Heavenly Court: The 1517 Portuguese Embassy to China","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong and Portuguese fleets. This work seeks to explain why this happened. Making extensive use of both Chinese and Western archival sources, it proposes a new interpretation--one that breaks with the traditional \"clash of civilizations\" viewpoint and focuses instead on the diversity of actors and the complex relationships between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Masaki Fujitani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9819527007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789819527007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 6.22w x 0.76d","brand":"James Masaki Fujitani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874472046847,"sku":"9789819527007","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strangers-at-the-heavenly-court-james-masaki-fujitani-9789819527007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}