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Asian Empire and British Knowledge

China and the Networks of British Imperial Expansion

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Ulrike Hillemann

    1. Imperial College, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Ulrike Hillemann
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Decline of Mythical China

    • Ulrike Hillemann
    Pages 16-33

  4. At the China Coast

    • Ulrike Hillemann
    Pages 34-105

  5. South and Southeast Asian Encounters

    • Ulrike Hillemann
    Pages 106-149

  6. Asian Networks and the British Isles

    • Ulrike Hillemann
    Pages 150-187

  7. Epilogue

    • Ulrike Hillemann
    Pages 188-192

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 193-262
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About this book

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.

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'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, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • Imperial College, London, UK

    Ulrike Hillemann

About the author

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.

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