| Asian Empire and British Knowledge: China and the Networks of British Imperial Expansion 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Hillemann, U. (Author) |
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ISBN: 023020046X ISBN-13: 9780230200463 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: British knowledge about China changed fundamentally in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Rather than treating these changes in British understanding as if Anglo-Sino relations were purely bilateral, this study looks at how British imperial networks in India and Southeast Asia were critical mediators in the British encounter of China. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Asia - China - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2009045308 |
| Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |