The Qing Empire and the Opium War

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Beschreibung

The Opium War of 1839-42, the first military conflict to take place between China and the West, is a subject of enduring interest. Mao Haijian, one of the most distinguished and well-known historians working in China, presents the culmination of more than ten years of research in a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists. Mao examines the Qing participants in terms of the moral standards and intellectual norms of their own time, demonstrating that actions which have struck later observers as ridiculous can be understood as reasonable within these individuals' own context. This English-language translation of Mao's work offers a comprehensive response to the question of why the Qing Empire was so badly defeated by the British in the first Opium War - an answer that is distinctive and original within both Chinese and Western historiography, and supported by a wealth of hitherto unknown detail.

Über den Autor

Mao Haijian is a professor of history at the University of Macau and East China Normal University. He studied at Sun Yat-sen University and East China Normal University. He has previously held appointments at the Institute of Military Science, the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Social Science, and Peking University. His books and essays have won numerous prizes, and include several monographs on the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898, a further monograph on the Opium Wars, and a biography of the Xianfeng emperor.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Qing military power; 2. The unexpected war; 3. From 'suppression' to 'conciliation', and back; 4. The 'battle' of Guangzhou; 5. The collapse of the southeastern ramparts; 6. The resurgence of the idea of 'conciliation'; 7. 'Equal' and 'unequal'; 8. The testimony of history; Character list; Bibliography; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	The Cambridge China Library
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108455411
ISBN-10:	1108455417
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Mao, Haijian
Übersetzung:	Smith, Craig Lawson, Joseph Lavelle, Peter
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press The Cambridge China Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	228 x 151 x 35 mm
Von/Mit:	Haijian Mao
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,842 kg