Distant Shores

Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier

Melissa Macauley

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English

Princeton University Pres
15 July 2021

History; Asian history; Maritime history; Colonialism & imperialism; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Political structure & processes

Series: Histories of Economic Life

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

By: Melissa Macauley
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691213484
ISBN 10: 0691213488
Series: Histories of Economic Life
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melissa Macauley is associate professor of history at Northwestern University. She is the author of Social Power and Legal Culture: Litigation Masters in Late Imperial China.

Reviews for Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier

Winner of the Bentley Book Prize, World History Association [A] deeply researched study. . . . Distant Shores succeeds in its objective to further nuance the conventional narrative of China's decline throughout the long 19th century by shifting the gaze to the southeastern littoral. ---Yorim Spoelder, Asian Review of Books