Mediating Empire: An English Family in China, 1817-1927

by Andrew Hillier

As part of the growing scholarship on family and empire, this study examines Britain's presence in China through the lens of one family, arguing that, as the physical embodiment of the imperial project, it provided a social and cultural mechanism for mediating Britain's imperial power, authority and presence, and forging connections and networks throughout the expanding British world. Drawing on public and private papers, it breaks significant new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912961024
• ISBN13: 9781912961023
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Renaissance Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"