The Cambridge History of China - Volume 10, Late Ch'ing 1800 1911, Part 1

The first of two volumes dealing with the gradual decline of the Ch'ing empire.

List of contents

1. Introduction: the old order John K. Fairbank; 2. Ch'ing Inner Asia c.1800 Joseph Fletcher; 3. Dynastic decline and the roots of rebellion Susan Mann Jones and Philip A. Kuhn; 4. The Canton trade and the Opium War Frederic Wakeman, Jr; 5. The creation of the treaty system John K. Fairbank; 6. The Taiping Rebellion Philip A. Kuhn; 7. Sino-Russian relations, 1800-62 Joseph Fletcher; 8. The heyday of the Ch'ing order in Mongolia, Sinkiang and Tibet Joseph Fletcher; 9. The Ch'ing Restoration Kwang-Ching Liu; 10. Self-strengthening: the pursuit of Western technology Ting-Yee Kuo and Kwang-Ching Liu; 11. Christian missions and their impact to 1900 Paul A. Cohen; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Glossary and index.

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Summary

This is the first of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the decline of the Ch'ing empire. Modern China's history begins with the processes recorded here of economic growth, social change and the deterioration of central government.

Product details

• Authors: J. Fairbank
• Assisted by: John K. Fairbank (Editor), John King Fairbank (Editor), Denis Twitchett (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9780521214476
• ISBN: 978-0-521-21447-6
• No. of pages: 730
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 43 mm
• Weight: 1190 g
• Series: The Cambridge History of China
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous