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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- I RESITUATING COLONIAL HISTORIES -- 2 Empire Recentered: India in the Indian Ocean Arena -- 3 The Terror and Religion: Brittany and Algeria -- 4 Women's History, Gender History, and European Colonialism -- II LAND, LAW, AND COLONIAL POLITICS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE -- 5 Landed Property, Agrarian Categories, and the Agricultural Frontier: Some Reflections on Colonial India

Histories of racist thought tend to give only incidental treatment to the depiction of
China in modern race theory. Meanwhile, scholarship on Western views of China frequently
alludes to anti-Chinese racism but rarely analyzes high-brow race theory. This
article aims to contribute to the understanding of both racist thought and Western views of China by examining the notions about China elaborated by Arthur de Gobineau,
one of the leading race theorists of the nineteenth century. Gobineau's depiction of
China is subjected to a close reading within the framework of his vision of world history,
followed by consideration of the reception of his racial ideas and their possible
political influence. The discussion highlights the compatibility of racist thought with
antiprogressivism and antimodernism.