Abstract

Book Reviews The Empire and the Khanate: A Political History of Qing Relations with Khoqand c.1760–1860 Laura Newby Leiden: Brill, 2005 ISBN: 90–04–14550–8 $97.00, £ 39.99 While the diplomatic history of China’s eastern seaboard has long been a subject of research for historians of the Qing dynasty, the same cannot be said for the Manchu Empire’s northwestern frontier. This neglect can be attributed to both a theoretical predilection for the study of Qing China’s interaction with Western powers, and the practical linguistic difficulties involved in dealing with sources from both sides of China’s Inner Asian border. While engaging with issues

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