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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511324703321
• Autore: Zhu Weizheng
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : Brill.; c2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Collana: Brill's humanities in China library ; ; v. 8
• Altri autori (Persone): DillonMichael <1949->
• Disciplina: 300; 900
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.