Britain and China, 1840-1970

Empire, Finance and War

Jonathan Howlett editor Robert Bickers editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:13th Jul '15

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This book presents a range of new research on British-Chinese relations in the period from Britain’s first imperial intervention in China up to the 1960s. Topics covered include economic issues such as fi nance, investment and Chinese labour in British territories, questions of perceptions on both sides, such as British worries about, and exaggeration of, the ‘China threat’, including to India, and British aggression towards, and eventual withdrawal from, China.

"This volume provides a sophisticated understanding of the British presence in China and the actors and agencies involved within the broader contours of the British Empire. Its chapters help to trace the construction of the British presence in China as a transnational agent through migration, labour, foreign capital and wars. This transnational character of the British presence in China presents us with difficulties in distinguishing clearly between what was ‘Chinese’ and what was ‘foreign’, a theme that seems central to several chapters in this volume (especially those by
Hirata, Howlett, Jackson and Chen)."
Shilpa Sharma,China Report

ISBN: 9780415658768

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 540g

266 pages