James L Hevia Knihy

Hevia shows what a big role animal labor played in the colonial project around the world, with a particular focus on India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, this title explores the ways that Euro-American imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multi-power invasions of China in 1860 and 1900. schovat popis

Looks at the initial confrontation of the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies.