Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 262 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780230200463
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9781282672413
Series Statement:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index
,
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Decline of Mythical China; 3 At the China Coast; 4 South and Southeast Asian Encounters; 5 Asian Networks and the British Isles; 6 Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230246751
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230200463
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Asian Empire and British Knowledge : China and the Networks of British Imperial Expansion
Language:
English
