PublishedPrinceton University Press, August 2021 |
ISBN9780691213484 |
FormatHardcover, 376 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.6cm |
A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it
China has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenth century. Distant Shores challenges this view, showing that the economic expansion of south
