LEADER 00860cam0 22002653 450 001 SOB007305 005 20140102154756.0 100 $a20040211d1965 |||||ita|0103 ba 101 $aita 102 $aIT 200 1 $aQuaderno francese del secolo$fDiego Valeri 210 $aTorino$cEinaudi$d1965 215 $a110 p.$d18 cm 225 2 $aCollezione di poesia$v16 410 1$1001LAEC00015748$12001 $a*Collezione di poesia$v16 700 1$aValeri$b, Diego$3AF00006311$4070$037810 801 0$aIT$bUNISOB$c20140102$gRICA 850 $aUNISOB 852 $aUNISOB$j851|Coll|6|K$m15025 912 $aSOB007305 940 $aM 102 Monografia moderna SBN 941 $aM 957 $a851|Coll|6|K$b000164$gSI$d15025$racquisto$1rovito$2UNISOB$3UNISOB$420140102154717.0$520150319114827.0$6bethb 996 $aQuaderno francese del secolo$91677546 997 $aUNISOB LEADER 03913nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910954338903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674040298 010 $a0674040295 024 3 $a9780674019959 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786876 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122917 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12002251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122917 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10131727 035 $a(PQKB)10905333 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304263 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10529127 035 $a(PQKB)11165145 035 $a(WaSeSS)114224 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300220 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314229 035 $a(OCoLC)923109660 035 $a(DE-B1597)574460 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674040298 035 $a(OCoLC)1243310444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300220 035 $a(Perlego)1146979 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786876 100 $a20040301d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe clash of empires $ethe invention of China in modern world making /$fLydia H. Liu 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $axiii, 318 p. $cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674019959 311 08$a0674019954 311 08$a9780674013070 311 08$a0674013077 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-296) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Civilizations Do Not Clash; Empires Do -- $t1 The Semiotic Turn of International Politics -- $t2 The Birth of a Super-Sign -- $t3 Figuring Sovereignty -- $t4 Translating International Law -- $t5 The Secret of Her Greatness -- $t6 The Sovereign Subject of Grammar -- $tConclusion: The Emperor's Empty Throne -- $tAppendix: Lin Zexu's Communication to Queen Victoria -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary of Selected Chinese Characters -- $tIndex 330 $aWhat is lost in translation may be a war, a world, a way of life. A unique look into the nineteenth-century clash of empires from both sides of the earthshaking encounter, this book reveals the connections between international law, modern warfare, and comparative grammar--and their influence on the shaping of the modern world in Eastern and Western terms. The Clash of Empires brings to light the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged in the course of the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Lydia Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests, rather than the civilizational attributes of existing nations and cultures, led to the invention of "China," "the East," "the West," and the modern notion of "the world" in recent history. Drawing on her archival research and comparative analyses of English--and Chinese--language texts, as well as their respective translations, she explores how the rhetoric of barbarity and civilization, friend and enemy, and discourses on sovereign rights, injury, and dignity were a central part of British imperial warfare. Exposing the military and philological--and almost always translingual--nature of the clash of empires, this book provides a startlingly new interpretation of modern imperial history. 517 3 $aInvention of China in modern world making 607 $aChina$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xHistory$y1861-1912 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y19th century 676 $a951/.034 700 $aLiu$b Lydia He$0573699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954338903321 996 $aThe clash of empires$94356632 997 $aUNINA