{"product_id":"from-frontier-policy-to-foreign-matthew-mosca-9780804782241","title":"From Frontier Policy to Foreign Policy: The Question of India and the Transformation of Geopolitics in Qing China","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, Qing rulers, officials, and scholars fused diverse, fragmented perceptions of foreign territory into one integrated worldview. In the same period, a single \"foreign\" policy emerged as an alternative to the many localized \"frontier\" policies hitherto pursued on the coast, in Xinjiang, and in Tibet. By unraveling Chinese, Manchu, and British sources to reveal the information networks used by the Qing empire to gather intelligence about its emerging rival, British India, this book explores China's altered understanding of its place in a global context. Far from being hobbled by a Sinocentric worldview, Qing China's officials and scholars paid close attention to foreign affairs. To meet the growing British threat, they adapted institutional practices and geopolitical assumptions to coordinate a response across their maritime and inland borderlands. In time, the new and more active response to Western imperialism built on this foundation reshaped not only China's diplomacy but also the internal relationship between Beijing and its frontiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Mosca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804782245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804782241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013","brand":"Matthew Mosca","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065151303935,"sku":"9780804782241","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf4d1d25-3fa5-4a70-89eb-46870e100ff0.jpg?v=1768673333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-frontier-policy-to-foreign-matthew-mosca-9780804782241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}