Rethinking the Decline of China''s Qing Dynasty - Imperial Activism Borderland Management At Turn of Nineteenth

The many regional insurgencies and the unrest in China's borderlands at the very end of the eighteenth and in the early nineteenth centuries are regarded by scholars as evidence of government disability and the incipient decline of the imperial Qing dynasty. This book, based on extensive original research, argues that, on the contrary, the response of the imperial government went well beyond pacification and reconstruction, and demonstrates that the imperial political culture was dynamic, innovative and capable of moving with the times. Overall, the book shows that the Qing regime had sustained vigour, albeit in difficult and changing circumstances.

Sommario

Introduction Part 1: Transitions in Education and Ideology 1. The Yuelu Academy and Hunan’s Nineteenth Century Turn Statecraft Toward Statecraft 2. Dynastic Decline, Heshen, and the Ideology of the Jiaqing Reforms Part 2: Management of the Hunan Miao Frontier 3. Identity and Conflict on a Chinese Borderland: Yan Ruyi and the Recruitment of the Gelao During the 1795-7 Miao Revolt 4. New Order on China’s Hunan Miao Frontier, 1796-1812 Part 3: Management of the Southern Shaanxi Highlands 5. Qing Reconstruction in the Southern Shaanxi Highlands: State Perceptions and Plans, 1799-1820 6. Southern Shaanxi Border Officials in Early Nineteenth Century China Part 4: Management of the Guangdong Coast 7. Qing Highland Precedent, Yan Ruyi, and the Defense of the Guangdong Coast, 1804-5

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel McMahon, Daniel (Fu Jen Catholic University Mcmahon, McMahon Daniel
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.08.2014
• EAN: 9781138791046
• ISBN: 978-1-138-79104-6
• Pagine: 212
• Serie: Asian States and Empires
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General