Mosca, Matthew W.

From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / [electronic resource] : Matthew W. Mosca. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2013. - viii, 398 p. : map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780804785389 (electronic bk.)




Geopolitics--History.--China
Geography--History.--China


China--Foreign relations--1644-1912.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--China.


Electronic books.

DS754.18 / .M69 2013

327.5105409/03