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Spies and scholars : Chinese secrets and Imperial Russia's quest for world power /
"Spies and Scholars explores centuries of Russian spying and scholarship on the Far East. In the seventeenth century, Russian bureaucrats were focused on China and the forbidding Siberian frontier. They relied more on spies, including Jesuit scholars stationed in China. In the early nineteenth...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2020.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "Spies and Scholars explores centuries of Russian spying and scholarship on the Far East. In the seventeenth century, Russian bureaucrats were focused on China and the forbidding Siberian frontier. They relied more on spies, including Jesuit scholars stationed in China. In the early nineteenth century, the geopolitical challenge shifted to Europe: rivalry with Britain drove the Russians to stake their prestige on public-facing intellectual work, and knowledge of the East was embedded in the academy. None of these institutional configurations was especially effective in delivering strategic or commercial advantages. But various knowledge regimes did have their consequences. Knowledge filtered through Russian espionage and publication found its way to Europe, informing the encounter between China and Western empires"-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780674246591 0674246594 9780674246577 0674246578 0674241851 9780674241855 |