Asian empire and British knowledge : China and the networks of British imperial expansion / Ulrike Hillemann
| Author(s): | Hillemann, Ulrike, 1977- |
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| Subjects: | Imperialism--History--19th century Missionaries--Asia--History Merchants--Asia--History Great Britain--Relations--China China--Relations--Great Britain Great Britain--Relations--Southeast Asia Southeast Asia--Relations--Great Britain Great Britain--Relations--India India--Relations--Great Britain East India Company--History |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 |
| Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series CGmGridge imperial and post-colonial studies series |
| LC Classification: | D, DA |
| Table of Contents: | 1. Introduction 1 2. The Decline of Mythical China 16 3. At the China Coast 34 4. South and Southeast Asian Encounters 106 5. Asian Networks and the British Isles 150 6. Epilogue 188 Notes 193 Bibliography 236 Index 254 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2009045308 ISBN: 9780230200463 (hardback) ISBN: 023020046X (hardback) Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: Introdcution * The decline of Mythical China * At the China Coast * South and Southeast Asian Encounters * Asian Networks and the British Isles Introdcution * The decline of Mythical China * At the China Coast * South and Southeast Asian Encounters * Asian Networks and the British Isles Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher |
| Physical Description: | x, 262 p. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 461895988 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780230200463 023020046X |