Liu Hung-Chang and China's Early Modernization

This is a study of Li Hung-chang which represents a collaboration of Li experts among Chinese and Western scholars. The biography examines the beginnings of China's modernisation; the Confucian as a patriot and pragmatist; his formative years, 1823-1866; and other aspects of his life.

List of contents

I: Introduction; 1: The Beginnings of China's Modernization; II: The Rise of Li Hung-chang; 2: The Confucian as Patriot and Pragmatist: Li Hung-chang's Formative Years, 1823–1866; 3: Li Hung-chang in Chihli: The Emergence of a Policy, 1870–1875; III: Li in the Role of a National Official; 4: Li Hung-chang and Shen Pao-chen: The Politics of Modernization; 5: The Shanghai-Tientsin Connection: Li Hung-chang's Political Control over Shanghai; 6: Li Hung-chang's Use of Foreign Military Talent: The Formative Period, 1862–1874; IV: Li as Diplomat; 7: The Aims of Li Hung-chang's Policies toward Japan and Korea, 1870–1882; 8: Li Hung-chang and the Liu-ch'iu (Ry?ky?) Controversy, 1871–1881; 9: Li Hung-chang's Suzerain Policy toward Korea, 1882–1894; V: Li as Modernizer; 10: Li Hung-chang and the Kiangnan Arsenal, 1860–1895; 11: Li Hung-chang and Modern Enterprise: The China Merchants' Company, 1872–1885; 12: Li Hung-chang and the Peiyang Navy; VI: Conclusion and Bibliography; 13: Li Hung-chang: An Assessment

About the author

Samuel C. Chu, Kwang-Ching Liu

Product details

• Authors: Samuel C. Chu, Chu Samuel C., Kwang-Ching Liu, Liu Kwang-Ching
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.1993
• EAN: 9781563242427
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-242-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; China, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History