Rereading modern Chinese history / by Zhu Weizheng ; translated by Michael Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhu, Weizheng.

Contributor:

Dillon, Michael, 1949-

Series:

Brill's Humanities in China Library 8.

Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 8

Standardized Title:

Chong du jindai shi. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rereading Modern Chinese History is a collection of short essays on aspects of the history of the Qing dynasty, a regime dominated by Manchus that ruled China from 1644 to 1911. Using sources from that period and earlier it addresses key themes on the nature of Qing rule. These include the defeat by the British in the Opium Wars, the twin-track administration of Manchus and Han Chinese, the rise of Chinese military leaders in southern China, the purchase of office and endemic corruption, the challenge of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the failure of political reform. There are new insights on all the Qing emperors and the Empress Dowager Cixi, who ruled China between 1861 and 1908.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Weizheng† Zhu

Translator’s Introduction / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 1 Historical Uncertainties / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 2 Looking Back / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 3 On Reform or Modernisation / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 4 The History of Opium / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 5 Gods and Sages / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 6 Rapidly Changing Times / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 7 Problems of Political Reform / Weizheng† Zhu

Part 8 Remembering the Empress Dowager Cixi / Weizheng† Zhu

Postscript / Weizheng† Zhu

Index / Weizheng† Zhu.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Zhu, Weizheng. Rereading modern Chinese history.

OCLC:

908192466

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004293311 DOI