This book illuminates the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged from the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests led to the invention of "China," "the East," "the West," and the notion of "the world" in recent history.
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This book illuminates the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged from the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests led to the invention of "China," "the East," "the West," and the notion of "the world" in recent history.
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