Asian empire and British knowledge : China and the networks of British imperial expansion / / Ulrike Hillemann

• Autore: Hillemann Ulrike <1977->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/24105109034
• Soggetto topico: Imperialism - History - 19th century; Missionaries - Asia - History; Merchants - Asia - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Relations China; China Relations Great Britain; Great Britain Relations Southeast Asia; Southeast Asia Relations Great Britain; Great Britain Relations India; India Relations Great Britain
• 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"--Provided by publisher.
• 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.: 9910813207903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.