Journeys to Empire

Comparing two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904, Stewart sheds light on the changing nature of British imperialism
This compelling account of two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904 provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Enlightenment and European colonialism. Stewart traces the shifting ideologies, economic interests and political agendas that lay behind British empire-building from the late eighteenth century to the twentieth century.

Autorentext
Gordon T. Stewart is the Jack & Margaret Sweet Professor of History at Michigan State University. His previous publications include The Great Awakening in Nova Scotia 1760-1791 (1982), The Origins of Canadian Politics (1986) and Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire (1998).

Zusammenfassung
This compelling account of two British missions to Tibet in 1774 and 1904 provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Enlightenment and European colonialism. Stewart traces the shifting ideologies, economic interests and political agendas that lay behind British empire-building from the late eighteenth century to the twentieth century.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. An enlightenment narrative 1774; 2. Wives, concubines and 'Domestic Arrangements'; 3. Imperial eyes in 'the Golden Territories'; 4. Enter Younghusband; 5. From enlightenment to empire; 6. Tibet lessons.

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