Qing Empire and the Opium War - The Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty

Informationen zum Autor Mao Haijian is a professor of history at the University of Macau and East China Normal University. He studied at Sun Yat-sen University and East China Normal University. He has previously held appointments at the Institute of Military Science, the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Social Science, and Peking University. His books and essays have won numerous prizes, and include several monographs on the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898, a further monograph on the Opium Wars, and a biography of the Xianfeng emperor. Klappentext A comprehensive study of the Opium War that presents a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists. Zusammenfassung The Opium War of 1839–42 is a subject of enduring interest. The Chinese historian Mao Haijian presents a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists, offering a comprehensive explanation as to why the Qing Empire was so badly defeated by the British. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Qing military power; 2. The unexpected war; 3. From 'suppression' to 'conciliation', and back; 4. The 'battle' of Guangzhou; 5. The collapse of the southeastern ramparts; 6. The resurgence of the idea of 'conciliation'; 7. 'Equal' and 'unequal'; 8. The testimony of history; Character list; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Mao Haijian, Haijian Mao, Mao Haijian
• Assisted by: Lovell Julia (Introduction), Peter Lavelle (Translation), Peter (Temple University Lavelle (Translation), Lavelle Peter (Translation), Joseph Lawson (Translation), Joseph (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) Lawson (Translation), Lawson Joseph (Translation), Craig Smith (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2016
• EAN: 9781107069879
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06987-9
• No. of pages: 568
• Series: The Cambridge China Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History