Eduard Toda i Güell: from vice-consul of Spain in China to the Renaixença in Barcelona (1871-84)

• Autores: Mònica Ginés Blasi
• Localización: Entremons: UPF Journal of World History, ISSN-e 2014-5217, Nº. 5, 2013
• Idioma: catalán
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  • Eduard Toda i Güell was vice-consul of Spain in China between 1876 and 1882. His interest in Chinese culture brought him to travel widely around Asia, to gather a Chinese art and coin collection, and to publish in Catalan, Spanish and English about Chinese culture, history, geography and economics. Whilst in China, he tookpart in a project, the aim of which wasto restore Chinese immigration to Cuba,still a Spanish colonyat that time. Immigration to Cubahad been forbidden due tothe inhumaneconditions suffered bythe Chinese who had emigrated there. After his stay in China, he lived in Barcelona, befriendingsome ofthe leading Catalan writers, journalists and artists of his time, andalsoexhibiting his art and coin collection. This articleexaminesToda’sposition and activitiesas a Spanish diplomat in China,in perspective tohis engagement withinthe Catalan movement of the Renaixença, in a moment when the Spanish colony of Cubawas facingturbulent economic times