The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire - Couverture rigide

Po, Ronald C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108424619 ISBN 13 : 9781108424615

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

In this revisionist history of the eighteenth-century Qing Empire from a maritime perspective, Ronald C. Po argues that it is reductive to view China over this period exclusively as a continental power with little interest in the sea. With a coastline of almost 14,500 kilometers, the Qing was not a landlocked state. Although it came to be known as an inward-looking empire, Po suggests that the Qing was integrated into the maritime world through its naval development and customs institutionalization. In contrast to our orthodox perception, the Manchu court, in fact, deliberately engaged with the ocean politically, militarily, and even conceptually. The Blue Frontier offers a much broader picture of the Qing as an Asian giant responding flexibly to challenges and extensive interaction on all frontiers - both land and sea - in the long eighteenth century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ronald C. Po is Assistant Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108424619
• ISBN 13: 9781108424615
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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