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Book/Printed Material Material culture in modern diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th century

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Title

  • Material culture in modern diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th century

Summary

  • "The present volume aims at outlining a new field of historical research: the material culture of diplomacy in early modern and modern times. The chapters study a complex web of relations between artefacts, human beings, and spaces in intercultural diplomacy in different regions of the world to uncover the political, social, legal and economic significance in the ways in which diplomatic actors brought artifacts into play during negotiations"--Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Metzig, Gregor M., 1982- editor of compilation.
  • Rudolph, Harriet, editor of compilation.

Created / Published

  • Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]

Contents

  • Entangled objects and hybrid practices? : material culture as a new approach to the history of diplomacy / Harriet Rudolph -- Corals, brass and firearms : material commodities in cultural interactions between Edo and Portuguese in Benin around 1500 / Gregor M. Metzig -- Gifts of time : watches and clocks in Ottoman-British diplomacy, 1693-1803 / Michael Talbot -- Peace medal diplomacy in Indian-white relations in nineteenth-century North America / Volker Depkat -- Society of the "economic miracle" and the non-European world : material culture of state visits during the presidency of Theodor Heuss / Frieder Günther -- Assembling things right : the material dimensions of West German diplomacy (1950s to 1970s) / Simone Derix -- Forum -- The colonial past is never dead, it's not even past : histories of empire, decolonization, and European cultures after 1945 / Matthew G. Stanard.

Headings

  • -  Diplomacy--History
  • -  Intercultural communication--History
  • -  International relations--History
  • -  Material culture--Political aspects--History
  • -  World politics--20th century
  • -  World politics--To 1900

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (176 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JZ1329.5

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715087

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • epub
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Metzig, Gregor M., Editor Of Compilation. Material Culture in Modern Diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th Century. editeds by Rudolph, Harriet Of Compilation [Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715087/.

APA citation style:

Metzig, G. M., Rudolph, H. O. C., ed. (2016) Material Culture in Modern Diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th Century. [Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715087/.

MLA citation style:

Metzig, Gregor M., Editor Of Compilation. Material Culture in Modern Diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th Century. ed by Rudolph, Harriet Of Compilation [Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715087/>.