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

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 398 pages) : map 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 Summary Between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, Qing rulers, officials, and scholars fused diverse, fragmented perceptions of foreign territory into one integrated worldview. In the same period, a single 'foreign' policy emerged as an alternative to the many localized 'frontier' policies hitherto pursued on the coast, in Xinjiang, and in Tibet. By unravelling Chinese, Manchu, and British sources to reveal the information networks used by the Qing empire to gather intelligence about its emerging rival, British India, this book explores China's altered understanding of its place in a global context Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Geopolitics -- China -- History Geography -- China -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. HISTORY / Asia / China Geography Geopolitics Diplomatic relations Qing Dynasty (China) SUBJECT China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024027 India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064915 China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078 China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China Subject China Great Britain India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012031059 ISBN 9780804785389 0804785384

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