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020			_a9781139003803 (ebook)
020			_z9781107013155 (hardback)
020			_z9781316600993 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aPR129.C6 _bF67 2013
082	0	0	_a820.9/3251 _223
100	1		_aForman, Ross G., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChina and the Victorian Imagination : _bEmpires Entwined / _cRoss G. Forman.
246	3		_aChina & the Victorian Imagination
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (318 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture ; _v85
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhat happens to our understanding of 'orientalism' and imperialism when we consider British-Chinese relations during the nineteenth century, rather than focusing on India, Africa or the Caribbean? This book explores China's centrality to British imperial aspirations and literary production, underscoring the heterogeneous, interconnected nature of Britain's formal and informal empire. To British eyes, China promised unlimited economic possibilities, but also posed an ominous threat to global hegemony. Surveying anglophone literary production about China across high and low cultures, as well as across time, space and genres, this book demonstrates how important location was to the production, circulation and reception of received ideas about China and the Chinese. In this account, treaty ports matter more than opium. Ross Forman challenges our preconceptions about British imperialism, reconceptualizes anglophone literary production in the global and local contexts, and excavates the little-known Victorian history so germane to contemporary debates about China's 'rise'.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107013155
830		0	_aCambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture ; _v85.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003803
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37572 _d37572