LEADER 03648nam 22009855 450 001 9910962078803321 005 20240322030728.0 010 $a9786612672415 010 $a9781282672413 010 $a128267241X 010 $a9780230246751 010 $a0230246753 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230246751 035 $a(CKB)2670000000032119 035 $a(EBL)555499 035 $a(OCoLC)650307444 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412193 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12101524 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412193 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358156 035 $a(PQKB)10744843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001618227 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16348629 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001618227 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14921751 035 $a(PQKB)11504229 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-24675-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC555499 035 $a(Perlego)3504969 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000032119 100 $a20160103d2009 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAsian Empire and British Knowledge $eChina and the Networks of British Imperial Expansion /$fby U. Hillemann 205 $a1st ed. 2009. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1641 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349299218 311 08$a1349299219 311 08$a9780230200463 311 08$a023020046X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 $aBritish knowledge about China changed fundamentally in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Rather than treating these changes in British understanding as if Anglo-Sino relations were purely bilateral, this study looks at how British imperial networks in India and Southeast Asia were critical mediators in the British encounter of China. 410 0$aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1641 606 $aAsia$xHistory 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aHistoriography 606 $aHistory$xMethodology 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aChina$xHistory 606 $aAsian History 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aHistoriography and Method 606 $aModern History 606 $aHistory of China 615 0$aAsia$xHistory. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aHistoriography. 615 0$aHistory$xMethodology. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aChina$xHistory. 615 14$aAsian History. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aHistoriography and Method. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aHistory of China. 676 $a303.48/24105109034 700 $aHillemann$b Ulrike$f1977-$01794322 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962078803321 996 $aAsian Empire and British Knowledge$94334871 997 $aUNINA