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Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904 Stewart, Gordon T. (Michigan State University)
Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904
Stewart, Gordon T. (Michigan State University)
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. Stewart traces the shifting ideologies, economic interests and political agendas that lay behind British empire-building from the late eighteenth century to the twentieth century.
296 pages, 19 b/w illus. 3 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 4, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521515023 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 235 × 19 mm · 588 g |
| Language | English |