Britain, China, and colonial Australia / Benjamin Mountford.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. Britain, China, and the Australian Colonies, 1788-1888: 1. Sometimes as a half-way house to China ; 2. Two enormous overflowing reservoirs: gold, migration, and the Chinese question in Australia
- II. The Afghan Crisis of 1888: 3. British policymaking and the Chinese migration question ; 4. Serve yourself if you'd be well served: the Afghan affair as imperial crisis ; 5. The official mind and the search for a solution
- III. New Imperialisms: 6. Australia and the problems of the Far East ; 7. The time form small kingdoms has passed away: Australia, China, and the imperial future
- Conclusion: Chinese questions.