Journeys to Empire : Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904

Omtale

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.