Journeys to Empire

Stewart, Gordon Thomas:
Journeys to empire : enlightenment, imperialism, and the British encounter with Tibet, 1774-1904 / Gordon T. Stewart. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xiv, 280 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN 978-0-521-51502-3 / 0-521-51502-5
£ 50,00 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-521-73568-1 / 0-521-73568-8
£ 18,99 (Paperback)
DDC: 327.41051509033

Beschreibung
This fascinating study of two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904 provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Enlightenment and European colonialism. Gordon Stewart compares and contrasts the Enlightenment era mission led by George Bogle and the Edwardian mission of Francis Younghusband as they crossed the Himalayas into Tibet. Through the British agents' diaries, reports, and letters and by exploring their relationships with Indians, Bhutanese and Tibetans, Stewart is able to trace the shifting ideologies, economic interests and political agendas that lay behind British empire-building from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This compelling account sheds new light on the changing nature of British imperialism, on power and intimacy in the encounter between East and West, and on the relationship of history and memory. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of illustrations. viii
Acknowledgments. x
Maps. xiii-xv
Introduction. 1
1. An Enlightenment narrative 1774. 13
2. Wives, concubines, and “domestic arrangements”. 58
3. Imperial eyes in “the Golden Territories”. 108
4. Enter Younghusband. 139
5. From Enlightenment to empire. 186
6. Tibet lessons. 240
Bibliography. 265
Index. 276

Autor
GORDON T. STEWART, Professor, Department of History, Michigan State University. Profile page.

Quellen: Cambridge University Press; WorldCat; Amazon; Library of Congress.