Asian empire and British knowledge China and the networks of British imperial expansion

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

Author/creator	Hillemann, Ulrike, 1977-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Description	x, 262 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	East India Company--History. Imperialism--History --19th century. Missionaries--Asia --History. Merchants--Asia --History. 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.

Series	Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Contents	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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009045308
ISBN	9780230200463 (hardback)

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