Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier

by Professor Melissa Macauley and Melissa Macauley

Book Overview

A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it

China has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenth century. Distant Shores challenges this view, showing that the economic expansion of southeastern Chinese rivaled the colonial ambitions of Europeans overseas.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691213488
• ISBN13: 9780691213484
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"