Gordon T. Stewart

Journeys to Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

Comparing two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904, Stewart sheds light on the changing nature of British imperialism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780521515023
• ISBN-10: 0521515025
• Artikelnr.: 26885662

Autorenporträt

Gordon T. Stewart is the Jack & Margaret Sweet Professor of History at Michigan State University. His previous publications include The Great Awakening in Nova Scotia 1760-1791 (1982), The Origins of Canadian Politics (1986) and Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. An enlightenment narrative 1774
2. Wives, concubines and 'Domestic Arrangements'
3. Imperial eyes in 'the Golden Territories'
4. Enter Younghusband
5. From enlightenment to empire
6. Tibet lessons.

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Introduction; 1. An enlightenment narrative 1774; 2. Wives, concubines and 'Domestic Arrangements'; 3. Imperial eyes in 'the Golden Territories'; 4. Enter Younghusband; 5. From enlightenment to empire; 6. Tibet lessons.

Rezensionen

'... it is in Stewart's overall thesis of the nexus between Enlightenment and imperialism as exemplified by Bogle and Younghusband that we find the strength of this valuable and interesting book.' David Templeman, H-Net