The rise and fall of Chinas last dynasty : the deepening of the Chinese servility / Wei-Bin Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Wei-Bin, 1961-

Series:

Focus on civilizations and cultures.

Focus on Civilizations and Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Chinese.

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

China.

China--Civilization--Western influences.

China--Civilization--Japanese influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Summary:

This book elucidates the Qing history from perspectives of Confucianism as well as modern sciences. It emphasizes the Chinese spirits in explicating the socioeconomic changes of the dynasty. Historians produce increasingly detailed information about structures and functioning of the Qing system from different perspectives. Nevertheless, there are only a few comprehensive and systematical studies of the Qing history from the Chinese cultural perspective. As many new materials about the Qing dynasty have been accumulated and some new theories about socioeconomic evolution have been developed in the last few decades, there is a need for re-examining the rise and fall of Chinas last dynasty.

Contents:

The rise and fall of the Qing dynasty

The fall of the Ming and the rise of the Qing

The Qing Confucianism

Manchu mastership

The government

The Kangxi emperor and his empire

Education and recruitment of officials

The social structure with servility

Economic development

The Opium War and trade

Dilemma of westernization after the Opium War

Unidirectional ruining after the Opium War

The fall of the dynasty.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 04, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62618-159-4