Asian empire and British knowledge : China and the networks of British imperial expansion / / Ulrike Hillemann.
"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 criti...
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| Superior document: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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| Physical Description: | x, 262 p. |
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230200463 (hardback) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Ulrike Hillemann. |