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Hillemann, Ulrike 1977-

Asian empire and British knowledge China and the networks of British imperial expansion Ulrike Hillemann - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2009 - X, 262 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

ISBN: 9780230200463

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History -- Qing -- British Imperialism--History--19th century.
Missionaries--History.--Asia
Merchants--History.--Asia