English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century ChinaInserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, English Lessons explores the ways that Euroamerican imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multipower invasions of China in 1860 and 1900. Focusing on the processes by which Great Britain enacted a pedagogical project that was itself a form of colonization, James L. Hevia demonstrates how British actors instructed the Manchu-Chinese elite on “proper” behavior in a world dominated by multiple imperial powers. Their aim was to “bring China low” and make it a willing participant in British strategic goals in Asia. These lessons not only transformed the Qing dynasty but ultimately contributed to its destruction. Hevia analyzes British Foreign Office documents, diplomatic memoirs, auction house and museum records, nineteenth-century scholarly analyses of Chinese history and culture, campaign records, and photographs. He shows how Britain refigured its imperial project in |
Contents
Introduction Imperialism Colonialism and China | xxi |
Opium Wars and Treaties of Peace Friendship and Commerce | 27 |
The Arrow War 18561860 | 29 |
Violence and the Rule of Law in China 18561858 | 47 |
Beijing 1860 Loot Prize and a Solemn Art of Retribution | 72 |
Reterritorializing China 18611900 | 117 |
Constructing a New Order | 121 |
The Qing Empire in the Era of European Global Hegemony | 154 |
Making China Perfectly Equal | 183 |
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