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100	1		_aLiu, Lydia He.
245	1	4	_aThe clash of empires : _bthe invention of China in modern world making / _cLydia H. Liu.
246	3	0	_aInvention of China in modern world making
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c2004.
300			_axiii, 318 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-296) and index.
505	0		_aThe semiotic turn of international politics -- The birth of a super-sign -- Figuring sovereignty -- Translating international law -- The secret of her greatness -- The sovereign subject of grammar -- Conclusion : The emperor's empty throne -- Appendix : Lin Zexu's communication to Queen Victoria.
520	1		_a"The Clash of Empires brings to light the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged in the course of the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Lydia Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests, rather than the civilizational attributes of existing nations and cultures, led to the invention of "China," "the East," "the West," and the modern notion of "the world" in recent history. Drawing on her archival research and comparative analyses of English - and Chinese-language texts, as well as their respective translations, she explores how the rhetoric of barbarity and civilization, friend and enemy, and discourses on sovereign rights, injury, and dignity were a central part of British imperial warfare. Exposing the military and philological - and almost always translingual - nature of the clash of empires, this book provides a new interpretation of modern imperial history."--Jacket.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _y1861-1912.
651		0	_aChina _xPolitics and government _y19th century.
651		6	_aChine _xHistoire _y1861-1912.
651		6	_aChine _xPolitique et gouvernement _y19e siècle.
650	0	7	_aGeschichte 1861-1912. _2swd
650	0	7	_aVölkerrecht. _2swd
650	0	7	_aKontrastive Grammatik. _2swd
650	0	7	_aImperialismus. _2swd
651		7	_aChina. _2swd
651		7	_aGroßbritannien. _2swd
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLiu, Lydia He. _tClash of empires. _dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004 _w(OCoLC)607436351
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLiu, Lydia He. _tClash of empires. _dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004 _w(OCoLC)607436365
946			_aProcessed by Dave Lyons, 8/4/12.
946			_aExcellent condition.
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