English Lessons
Subtitle: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780822331889
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; c 1800 to c 1900; Foreign relations; Asia - China; Study & Teaching; History; History - General History; History: World; Great Britain; Modern - 19th Century; Asian Studies; History, Asian; Postcolonial Studies; 19th century; Asia - India & South Asia; 1644-1912; 1837-1901; China; Imperialism
First sentence: THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK was inspired by a gruesome scene of public executions that took place in Beijing, China, in the autumn of 1900 (fig. 1).