Territorializing the Chinese Nation-State

Cartography, Geopolitics, and Huang Maocai's Mission to India (1878-1880)
Herausgeber: Sheel, Kamal; Sheel, Ranjana

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Huang Maocai. A trained Chinese cartographer in the service of the imperial Qing state, he was officially deputed to ascertain the Tibet-India land route and the geo-political status of British India in the 19th century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032826257
• ISBN-10: 1032826258
• Artikelnr.: 70147034

Autorenporträt

Kamal Sheel is Professor (Retd.) of Chinese at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Ranjana Sheel is Professor of History at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction: Huang Maocai, Cartography, Geopolitics, and the Travel Narratives Translation II. Huang Maocai's Introductory Remarks: Travel to the Western Region and India III Records of Travel to the Western Region [Xi-you ri-ji
] Vol. 1: From Cheng-du to Ba-tang [Cong Cheng-du dao Ba-tang
] Vol. 2: From Ba-tang to Teng-yue [Cong Ba-tang dao Teng-yue
] Vol. 3: From Teng-yue to Mian-dian [Cong Teng-yue dao Mian-dian
] Vol. 4: India and the Homeward Journey [Yin-du ji qi gui-tu
] IV Reading Notes on India [Yin-du zha-ji
]Vol. 1: Reading Notes Part - I Vol. 2: Reading Notes Part - II Annexure: Sundry Thoughts on India (Poems) [Yin-du za-xing
] V My Humble Opinion on Travels [You-li chu-yan
]: A Panoramic View of Five India-s [Wu Yin-du xing-shi
] 133