03132nam 22007574a 450 991081320790332120200520144314.01-282-67241-X97866126724150-230-24675-310.1057/9780230246751(CKB)2670000000032119(EBL)555499(OCoLC)650307444(SSID)ssj0000412193(PQKBManifestationID)12101524(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412193(PQKBWorkID)10358156(PQKB)10744843(SSID)ssj0001618227(PQKBManifestationID)16348629(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001618227(PQKBWorkID)14921751(PQKB)11504229(DE-He213)978-0-230-24675-1(MiAaPQ)EBC555499(EXLCZ)99267000000003211920091027d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAsian empire and British knowledge China and the networks of British imperial expansion /Ulrike Hillemann1st ed. 2009.New York Palgrave Macmillanc20091 online resource (273 p.)Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-29921-9 0-230-20046-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) 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."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.Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.ImperialismHistory19th centuryMissionariesAsiaHistoryMerchantsAsiaHistoryGreat BritainRelationsChinaChinaRelationsGreat BritainGreat BritainRelationsSoutheast AsiaSoutheast AsiaRelationsGreat BritainGreat BritainRelationsIndiaIndiaRelationsGreat BritainImperialismHistoryMissionariesHistory.MerchantsHistory.303.48/24105109034Hillemann Ulrike1977-1751076MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813207903321Asian empire and British knowledge4185897UNINA