Taiwan's Imagined Geography Chinese Colonial Travel Writing and Pictures, 1683-1895

Name: Taiwan's Imagined Geography Chinese Colonial Travel Writing and Pictures, 1683-1895
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ISBN: 9780674021198

ISBN-10: 0674021193

ISBN-13: 9780674021198

Edition: 2006

Authors: Emma Jinhua Teng

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Until 300 years ago, the Chinese considered Taiwan a "land beyond the seas," a "ball of mud" inhabited by "naked and tattooed savages." The incorporation of this island into the Qing empire in the seventeenth century and its evolution into a province by the late nineteenth century involved not only a reconsideration of imperial geography but also a reconceptualization of the Chinese domain. The annexation of Taiwan was only one incident in the much larger phenomenon of Qing expansionism into frontier areas that resulted in a doubling of the area controlled from Beijing and the creation of a multi-ethnic polity. The author argues that travelers' accounts and pictures of frontiers such as…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English