The Clash of Empires (2004)

Lydia H. Liu

Published:	2004, September 30
Authors:	Lydia H. Liu
Pages:	344
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

This book illuminates the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged from the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests led to the invention of “China,” “the East,” “the West,” and the notion of “the world” in recent history.