Britain and China, 1840-1970: Empire, Finance and War

By: Jonathan Howlett

Book Overview

This book presents a range of new research on British-Chinese relations in the period from Britain's first imperial intervention in China up to the 1960s. Topics covered include economic issues such as finance, investment and Chinese labour in British territories, questions of perceptions on both sides, such as British worries about, and exaggeration of, the 'China threat', including to India, and British aggression towards, and eventual withdrawal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815355092
• ISBN13: 9780815355090
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"