Mr. Smith Goes to China: Three Scots in the Making of Britain's Global Empire / Jessica Hanser
Jessica Hanser, in her book Mr. Smith Goes to China, tells a tale of 18th-century globalisation involving three international actors–Britain, China and India–through the lives of three British (more precisely, Scottish) merchants. All of them bore the name of George Smith, an extremely common name at the time. And all of them were 'private traders'" (i.e.
The Eagle and the Dragon: Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century / Serge Gruzinski
Serge Gruzinski compares Cortés's actions in Mexico with suggestions for the invasion of China, adumbrated by Portuguese captives in Canton in 1522–3.
The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power / Partha Chatterjee
Popular references to Calcutta (now Kolkata) – once the gleaming capital of British India – in Anglo-American contexts often conjure images of poverty, crowded city streets, unbearable traffic, smog, and residents that require a savior.
Migration and Diaspora in Modern Asia / Sunil Amrith
In September of 1934, an incredulous (or perhaps simply amused) Dutch official wrote from Batavia to his mentor in Leiden telling of the most incredible journey made by a family of Sundanese from West Java.
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