Grounds of judgment extraterritoriality and imperial power in nineteenth-century China and Japan
Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, the 19th century encounter between East Asia and the Western world has been narrated as a legal encounter. This book explores extraterritoriality and the ways in which Western power operated in East Asia from the 1820s to the 1920s
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, c2012
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Series: | Oxford studies in international history / Oxford studies in international history
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, the 19th century encounter between East Asia and the Western world has been narrated as a legal encounter. This book explores extraterritoriality and the ways in which Western power operated in East Asia from the 1820s to the 1920s |
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Physical Description: | xi, 260 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780199932573 |