China and the Irish
By: edited by Jerusha McCormack.
Contributors: McCormack, Jerusha Hull.
Series: Thomas Davis lecture series -- 2008
Publisher: New Island
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781848400429
Subjects: Irish -- China; Ireland -- Foreign relations -- China; China -- Foreign relations -- Ireland
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-157) and index.
Table of contents: title: A message of welcome  -- Mary McAleese; title: Ireland through a Chinese mirror  -- Jerusha McCormack; title: Empires at odds: the Quinlong emperor and Earl Macartney's British mission  -- Shane McCausland; title: An Irish mandarin: Sir Robert Hart in China 1854-1908  -- Richard O'Leary; title: From Patsy O'Wang to Fu Manchu: Ireland, China and racism  -- Fintan O'Toole; title: Oscar Wilde's Chinese sage  -- Jerusha McCormack; title: Transplanting China to Ireland: three generations of the Earls of Rosse  -- Brendan Parsons; title: "Heroism and zeal": pioneers of the Irish Christian missions to China  -- Patrick Comerford and Richard O'Leary; title: Musical meetings, east and west: the Chieftains in China  -- Hwee-San Tan; title: Piercing the Chinese veil  -- Richard Barrett; title: Urban planing in China: mega-cities and beyond  -- Pauline Byrne; title: China comes to Ireland  -- Ruadhán Mac Cormaic; title: Afterword: Marking thirty years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and China -- Declan Kelleher.