{"product_id":"english-lessons-the-pedagogy-of-imperialism-in-nineteenth-century-china-9780822331889","title":"English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China","description":"Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, \u003ci\u003eEnglish Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways that Euroamerican imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multipower invasions of China in 1860 and 1900. Focusing on the processes by which Great Britain enacted a pedagogical project that was itself a form of colonization, James L. Hevia demonstrates how British actors instructed the Manchu-Chinese elite on \"proper\" behavior in a world dominated by multiple imperial powers. Their aim was to \"bring China low\" and make it a willing participant in British strategic goals in Asia. These lessons not only transformed the Qing dynasty but ultimately contributed to its destruction.\u003cp\u003eHevia analyzes British Foreign Office documents, diplomatic memoirs, auction house and museum records, nineteenth-century scholarly analyses of Chinese history and culture, campaign records, and photographs. He shows how Britain refigured its imperial project in\u003cbr\u003eChina as a cultural endeavor through examinations of the circulation of military loot in Europe, the creation of an art history of \"things Chinese,\" the construction of a field of knowledge about China, and the Great Game rivalry between Britain, Russia, and the Qing empire in Central Asia. In so doing, he illuminates the impact of these elements on the colonial project and the creation of a national consciousness in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James L. Hevia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.18w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822331889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames L. Hevia is Chair of the Curriculum in International and Area Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His book \u003ci\u003eCherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793 \u003c\/i\u003e(published by Duke University Press) won the Joseph Levenson Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40198563528819,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c7992ceb-b238-4c8c-ac82-63be84ce988f.jpg?v=1656078807","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/english-lessons-the-pedagogy-of-imperialism-in-nineteenth-century-china-9780822331889","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}