ABSTRACT
This book explores the place of China and the Chinese during the age of imperialism. Focusing not only on the state but also on the vitality of Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora, it examines the seeming contradictions of a period in which China came under immense pressure from imperial expansion while remaining a major political, cultural and demographic force in its own right. Where histories of China commonly highlight episodes of conflict and subjugation in China’s relations with the West, the contributions to this volume explore the complex spaces where empires and their peoples did not merely collide but also became entangled.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Imperial exchanges
chapter 2|17 pages
Chinese dreams of national strength and global belonging
chapter 3|16 pages
“Learning to walk”
chapter 4|18 pages
Colonial pathways to international education
part II|1 pages
Diasporic entanglements
chapter 6|14 pages
Anti-colonial boycotts and diasporic activism linking interwar China and colonial Indonesia
chapter 7|19 pages
Between empire and nation(s)
part III|1 pages
Modes of alterity