Asian Empire and British Knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : China and the Networks of British Imperial Expansion / / by U. Hillemann

• Autore: Hillemann U
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/24105109034; 951.03
• Soggetto topico: World politics; Historiography; History, Modern; Asian History; History of Britain and Ireland; Political History; Historiography and Method; Modern History; History of China
• Soggetto geografico: Asia History; Great Britain History; China History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Asian Empire and British Knowledge
• ISBN: 1-282-67241-X; 9786612672415; 0-230-24675-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784941203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, . 2635-1633