The rise of modern China
| Main Author: | Hsü, Immanuel C. Y. 1923-2005. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1970.
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| Physical Description: |
xxii, 830 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references. Prologue: a conceptual framework of modern China -- The rise and splendor of the Ch'ing empire -- Political and economic institutions -- Social and intellectual conditions -- Foreign relations -- The turn of dynastic fortune: from prosperity to decline -- The Canton system of trade -- The opium war -- The second treaty settlement -- The Taiping revolution and the Nien and Moslem rebellions -- The dynastic revival and the self-strengthening movement -- Foreign relations and court politics -- Foreign encroachment in Formosa, Sinkiang, and Annam -- Acceleration of imperialism: the Japanese aggression in Korea and the "partition of China" -- The reform movement of 1898 -- The boxer uprising, 1900 -- Reform and constitutionalism at the end of the Ch'ing period -- Late Ch'ing intellectual, social and economic changes, with special reference to 1895-1911 -- The Ch'ing period in historical perspective -- Revolution, republic, and warlordism -- The intellectual revolution, 1917-23 -- National unification amidst ideological ferment and anti-imperialistic agitation -- The nationalist government: a decade of challenges, 1928-37 -- The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-45 -- The civil war, 1945-49 -- The people's republic -- The nationalist rule on Taiwan -- Epilogue: historical perspective. |
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| Physical Description: |
xxii, 830 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
0195012402 9780195012408 |