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The Camphor War
Taiwan in the Age of Imperial Realignments
Av Ronald C. Po
Inbunden, 2026
2293 kr
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The First Opium War is remembered as the defining conflict between Britain and China in the nineteenth century. In stark contrast, the Camphor War of 1868 has faded into obscurity. Lasting for only a few weeks, the clash arose from British interests in breaking the Qing monopoly over the lucrative …
The Camphor War
Taiwan in the Age of Imperial Realignments
Av Ronald C. Po
Häftad, 2026
635 kr
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The First Opium War is remembered as the defining conflict between Britain and China in the nineteenth century. In stark contrast, the Camphor War of 1868 has faded into obscurity. Lasting for only a few weeks, the clash arose from British interests in breaking the Qing monopoly over the lucrative …
Silver Thread of the Deep
A Cultural History of Shark Fin in China and Beyond
Av Ronald C. Po
Inbunden, 2026
657 kr
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Often gracing the tables of weddings and banquets, shark fin symbolizes opulence and prestige in China and beyond. Yet its rise from offcut to delicacy reveals a complex history of how value is constructed and transformed. Drawing on sources in Chinese and English, as well as materials in French, …
Silver Thread of the Deep
A Cultural History of Shark Fin in China and Beyond
Av Ronald C. Po
Häftad, 2026
397 kr
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Often gracing the tables of weddings and banquets, shark fin symbolizes opulence and prestige in China and beyond. Yet its rise from offcut to delicacy reveals a complex history of how value is constructed and transformed. Drawing on sources in Chinese and English, as well as materials in French, …
The Blue Frontier
Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire
Av Ronald C. Po
Inbunden, 2018
1677 kr
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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 …
The Blue Frontier
Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire
Av Ronald C. Po
Häftad, 2019
653 kr
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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 …
Shaping the Blue Dragon
Maritime China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Av Ronald C. Po
Inbunden, 2024
891 kr
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An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched.Throughout much of history, imperial China has exhibited a seemingly capricious relationship with the sea. At times, it has welcomed commerce and travel across its vast waters …
