Wei Yuan and China's Rediscovery of the Maritime World (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

This book revises earlier views of statecraft reformer Wei Yuan and of Chinese foreign relations during the nineteenth century. Approaching the history of nineteenth-century China from the perspective of Southeast Asian history, the author demonstrates the interaction, from Ch'in times onwards, between China and the Southern ocean or Nan-yang. Front Matter Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Reference Matter Jane Kate Leonard. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [237]-262.