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This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. The author seeks to challenge our understanding of British imperialism there.

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China in Britain, and in the British imagination; Britons in China - a settler society; dismantling informal empire; staying on - the localization of British activity in China; after colonialism.

Britain in China Community Culture and

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 7/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719056970, 978-0719056970
      ISBN10: 0719056977

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. The author seeks to challenge our understanding of British imperialism there.

      Table of Contents
      China in Britain, and in the British imagination; Britons in China - a settler society; dismantling informal empire; staying on - the localization of British activity in China; after colonialism.

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