CLASH OF EMPIRES: BOOK

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Civilizations Do Not Clash; Empires Do

The Clash of Empires

The Invention of China in Modern World Making

Lydia H. Liu

Lydia H. Liu is Helmut F. Stern Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Michigan 

Harvard University Press

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Civilizations Do Not Clash; Empires Do

1. The Semiotic Turn of International Politics

2. The Birth of a Super-Sign

3. Figuring Sovereignty

4. Translating International Law

5. The Secret of Her Greatness

6. The Sovereign Subject of Grammar

Conclusion: The Emperor’s Empty Throne

Appendix: Lin Zexu’s Communication to Queen VictoriaNotes

Glossary of Chinese Characters

Index

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/LIUCLA.html?show=contents