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Journeys to empire : enlightenment, imperialism, and the British encounter with Tibet, 1774-1904 / Gordon T. Stewart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xiv, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521515023 (alk. paper)
  • 9780521735681 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780521761338
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.41051509033 STE 22
LOC classification:
  • DS786 .S787 2009
Contents:
An enlightenment narrative, 1774 -- Wives, concubines and "domestic arrangements" -- Imperial eyes in "the golden territories" -- Enter Younghusband -- From enlightenment to empire -- Tibet lessons.
Summary: This compelling account of two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904 provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Enlightenment and European colonialism. The author traces the shifting ideologies, economic interests and political agendas that lay behind British empire-building from the late eighteenth century to the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.

An enlightenment narrative, 1774 -- Wives, concubines and "domestic arrangements" -- Imperial eyes in "the golden territories" -- Enter Younghusband -- From enlightenment to empire -- Tibet lessons.

This compelling account of two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904 provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Enlightenment and European colonialism. The author traces the shifting ideologies, economic interests and political agendas that lay behind British empire-building from the late eighteenth century to the twentieth century.

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