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Asian Empire and British Knowledge
Ulrike Hillemann
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Description for Asian Empire and British Knowledge
Hardback. 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. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230200463
SKU
V9780230200463
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Ref
99-15
About Ulrike Hillemann
ULRIKE HILLEMANN holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research interests include the history of ideas and cultural history of British imperial expansion in Asia and the development of universities in the context of European imperial expansion. She currently works at Imperial College London.
Reviews for Asian Empire and British Knowledge
'A timely and innovative analysis of the ways in which British interests engaged with, represented and 'manufactured' China' for British metropolitan consumption during the nineteenth century. It expands our knowledge of British imperial networks and activities in new and vital directions and points to significant legacies of the West's colonial engagement with the East.' - Alan Lester, University of Sussex, ... Read more