From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / Matthew W. Mosca.

Author/creator Mosca, Matthew W.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Descriptionviii, 398 pages : map ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Geopolitics--China. --History.
Geography--China. --History.
China--Foreign relations. --1644-1912.
India--History. --British occupation, 1765-1947.
China--History. --Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China--Foreign relations. --Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations. --China.

Contents A wealth of Indias : India in Qing geographic practice, 1644-1755 -- The conquest of Xinjiang and the emergence of "Hindustan," 1756-1790 -- Mapping India : geographic agnosticism in a cartographic context -- Discovering the "Pileng" : British India seen from Tibet, 1789-1800 -- British India and Qing strategic thought in the early nineteenth century -- The discovery of British India on the Chinese coast, 1800-1837 -- The Opium War and the British Empire -- Emergence of a foreign policy : Wei Yuan and the reinterpretation of India in Qing strategic thought.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 367-387) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012031059
ISBN9780804782241 (cloth : alk. paper)

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