Autore	Zarrow Peter Gue
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (413 p.)
Disciplina	951/.035
Soggetto topico	Monarchy - China - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8047-8187-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Kang Youwei’s Philosophy of Power and the 1898 Reform Movement -- 2 Liang Qichao and the Citizen-State -- 3 “Sovereignty” and the Translated State -- 4 Voices of Receding Reaction -- 5 Identity, History, and Revolution -- 6 Restoration and Revolution -- 7 Founding the Republic of China -- 8 The Last Emperors -- Conclusion -- List of Characters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461843803321

Autore	Liu Lydia He
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica	xiii, 318 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina	951/.034
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / Asia / China
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-04029-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Civilizations Do Not Clash; Empires Do -- 1 The Semiotic Turn of International Politics -- 2 The Birth of a Super-Sign -- 3 Figuring Sovereignty -- 4 Translating International Law -- 5 The Secret of Her Greatness -- 6 The Sovereign Subject of Grammar -- Conclusion: The Emperor's Empty Throne -- Appendix: Lin Zexu's Communication to Queen Victoria -- Notes -- Glossary of Selected Chinese Characters -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454674003321

Autore	Jackson Bill
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Belfast, : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina	357.0942
Soggetto topico	Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East History & Archaeology East Asia
ISBN	1-908448-80-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The Corporal and the Celestials: in north China with the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1909-1912; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Historical introduction; Prelude; Crete; Malta; 1 Voyage From Malta to China, September to November 1909; Suez Canal; The Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Ceylon; The Straits of Malacca; Singapore; The China Seas; Hong Kong; The China Coast; 2 The Battalion in north China; Sports; An unusual route march; 3 Tientsin; The Concessions; The Native City; 4 Peking; The City Walls; The Foreign Legations; The Tartar City; The Imperial City The Forbidden CityThe Temple of Heaven; Ascending the throne; Other temples and sights of Peking; 5 Manners and customs of the Chinese; Government; Education; Pidgin English; 6 The great sights of China; The Imperial Summer Palace; The Peking to Kalgan Railway and the Great Wall of China; The Ming Tombs; 7 Eventful times; Summer Camp; Revolution; On detachment in Wei-Hai-Wei; Departure; Postscript; General index of English terms; Index of Chinese proper names
Altri titoli varianti	Corporal and the Celestials
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910157420403321

Autore	Carroll John M (John Mark), <1961->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, Eng., : Harvard University Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica	xii, 260 p. : map
Disciplina	951.25/04
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / Asia / China
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-02923-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization -- Introduction -- 1. Colonialism and Collaboration: Chinese Subjects and the Making of British Hong Kong -- 2. A Better Class of Chinese: Building the Emporium of the East -- 3. Strategic Balance: Status and Respect in the Colonial Context -- 4. A Place of Their Own: Clubs and Associations -- 5. Nationalism and Identity: The Case of Ho Kai -- 6. Preserving Hong Kong: The Strike-Boycott of 1925-1926 -- 7. Transforming the Barren Island: The 1941 Centenary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Altri titoli varianti	Chinese elites and British colonials in Hong Kong
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454946403321

Autore	Wu Shellen Xiao <1980->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina	338.2/724095109034
Collana	Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Soggetto topico	Coal mines and mining - China - History - 19th century Coal mines and mining - China - History - 20th century Mines and mineral resources - China - History - 19th century Mines and mineral resources - China - History - 20th century Geology, Economic - China - History - 19th century Geology, Economic - China - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8047-9473-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Fueling Industrialization in the Age of Coal -- 2. Ferdinand von Richthofen and the Geology of Empire -- 3. Lost and Found in Translation: Geology, Mining, and the Search for Wealth and Power -- 4. Engineers as the Agents of Science and Empire, 1886–1914 -- 5. Nations, Empires, and Mining Rights, 1895–1911 -- 6. Geology in the Age of Imperialism, 1890–1923 -- 7. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Series list
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460164603321