Tribute and Trade. China and Global Modernity, 1784-1935.
Sydney. Sydney University Press. 2020. Black and white illustrations, viii + 315pp, index, 20.8 x 14.7cm. "In the 18th and 19th centuries, relations between China and the West were defined by the Qing dynasty's strict restrictions on foreign access and by the West's imperial ambitions. Cultural, political and economic interactions..... More