The Blue Frontier : Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire

Name: The Blue Frontier
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108424615
Price: 17800 KES
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ISBN: 9781108424615

by Ronald C. Po

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Oceanic Histories

ISBN-10 1108424619

ISBN-13 9781108424615

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 23rd, 2018

Print length 308 Pages

Weight 606 grams

Dimensions 15.90 x 23.60 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Asian history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Maritime history Military history History Asian history Maritime history Military history

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In this revisionist history of the eighteenth-century Qing Empire from a maritime perspective, Po argues that it is reductive to view China over this period exclusively as a continental power with little interest in the sea. Instead, the Qing deliberately engaged with the maritime world politically, militarily, and conceptually.

In this revisionist history of the eighteenth-century Qing Empire from a maritime perspective, Ronald C. Po argues that it is reductive to view China over this period exclusively as a continental power with little interest in the sea. With a coastline of almost 14,500 kilometers, the Qing was not a landlocked state. Although it came to be known as an inward-looking empire, Po suggests that the Qing was integrated into the maritime world through its naval development and customs institutionalization. In contrast to our orthodox perception, the Manchu court, in fact, deliberately engaged with the ocean politically, militarily, and even conceptually. The Blue Frontier offers a much broader picture of the Qing as an Asian giant responding flexibly to challenges and extensive interaction on all frontiers - both land and sea - in the long eighteenth century.

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