Books by James L. Hevia

Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, this title explores the ways that Euro-American imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multi-power invasions of China in 1860 and 1900.

Looks at the initial confrontation of the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies.