Journeys to empire
Subtitle: enlightenment, imperialism, and British encounters with Tibet, 1774-1904
By: Gordon Stewart.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521515023; 9780521735681
Subjects: Younghusband, Francis Edward, -- Sir, -- 1863-1942; Bogle, George, -- 1746-1781; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Tibet; Tibet (China) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Colonies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An enlightenment narrative, 1774; title: Wives, concubines and "domestic arrangements"; title: Imperial eyes in "the golden territories"; title: Enter Younghusband; title: From enlightenment to empire; title: Tibet lessons.