British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-1842
Author: Michael Greenberg
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 264
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British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-1842
Author: Greenberg M.
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Published: 1951
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKShanghai's Bund and Beyond
Author: Niv Horesh
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009-06-23
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0300143621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs China emerges as a global powerhouse, this title examines its economic past and the shaping of its financial institutions.
British Trade and the Opening of China, 1800-42
Author: Michael Greenberg
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaritime China in Transition 1750-1850
Author: Gungwu Wang
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9783447050364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection contains an introductory essay by Wang Gungwu and 22 studies originally read to an international conference organized by the Department of History, National University of Singapore. The contributions investigate diverse aspects of coastal Chinas commercial, demographic and other ties with the Nanyang region and other maritime areas, such as Japan, mainly in the period circa 1750-1850. This includes themes related to the microlevel of local changes, such as Chinese migration to Taiwan and various Southeast Asian destinations, as well as broader approaches to regional, institutional and other trends, combining philological and theoretical knowledge. In most cases both Asian and colonial sources were used to illustrate the dynamics of Chinas maritime orientation under the Qing, the growth of its overseas communities, and the impact of Chinese traders and sojourners on Europes outposts in the Malay world and around the South China Sea.
Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949)
Author: James Z. Gao
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009-06-16
Total Pages: 583
ISBN-13: 0810863081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949) offers a concise but comprehensive examination of the political, military, economic, social, and cultural development of modern China. Instead of focusing merely on the political elites of China, this reference covers a variety of significant persons, including women and ethnic minorities; new historical concepts; cultural and educational institutions; and economic activities. Drawing on newly-available records, including a large mass of governmental and family archives, the narratives presented reveal new facts, offer a new interpretation in accordance with China's modernization process during the late Qing period, and a revisionist perspective on the Republican history. The chronology records not only political and military events but also other experiences of the Chinese people. The bibliography gives prominence to current literature on China's drive towards modernization and appendixes provide the reader with detailed information on China's cultural and economic transformation.
Opening China
Author: Jessie Gregory Lutz
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2008-04
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 080283180X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern evangelists have long been fascinated by China, a vast mission field with a unique language and culture. One of the most intrigued was also one of the most intriguing: Karl F. A. Gützlaff (1803-1851). In this erudite study Jessie Gregory Lutz chronicles Gützlaff's life from his youth in Germany to his conversion and subsequent turn to missions to his turbulent time in Asia. Lutz also includes a substantial bibliography consisting of (1) archival sources, (2) selected books, pamphlets, tracts, and translations by Gützlaff, and (3) books, periodicals, and articles. This is truly an important reference for any student of the history of China or missions.
History of the Opium Problem
Author: Hans Derks
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-04-18
Total Pages: 851
ISBN-13: 9004221581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering a period of about four centuries, this book demonstrates the economic and political components of the opium problem. As a mass product, opium was introduced in India and Indonesia by the Dutch in the 17th century. China suffered the most, but was also the first to get rid of the opium problem around 1950.
British Imperialism
Author: P.J. Cain
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-02
Total Pages: 794
ISBN-13: 1317389255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA milestone in the understanding of British history and imperialism, this ground-breaking book radically reinterprets the course of modern economic development and the causes of overseas expansion during the past three centuries. Employing their concept of 'gentlemanly capitalism', the authors draw imperial and domestic British history together to show how the shape of the nation and its economy depended on international and imperial ties, and how these ties were undone to produce the post-colonial world of today. Containing a significantly expanded and updated Foreword and Afterword, this third edition assesses the development of the debate since the book’s original publication, discusses the imperial era in the context of the controversy over globalization, and shows how the study of the age of empires remains relevant to understanding the post-colonial world. Covering the full extent of the British empire from China to South America and taking a broad chronological view from the seventeenth century to post-imperial Britain today, British Imperialism: 1688–2015 is the perfect read for all students of imperial and global history.
Imperial China, 1350–1900
Author: Jonathan Porter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-02-04
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 144222293X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis clear and engaging book provides a concise overview of the Ming-Qing epoch (1368–1912), China’s last imperial age. Beginning with the end of the Mongol domination of China in 1368, this five-century period was remarkable for its continuity and stability until its downfall in the Revolution of 1911. Viewing the Ming and Qing dynasties as a coherent era characterized by the fruition of diverse developments from earliest times, Jonathan Porter traces the growth of imperial autocracy, the role of the educated Confucian elite as custodians of cultural authority, the significance of ritual as the grounding of political and social order, the tension between monarchy and bureaucracy in political discourse, the evolution of Chinese cultural identity, and the perception of the “barbarian” and other views of the world beyond China. As the climax of traditional Chinese history and the harbinger of modern China in the twentieth century, Porter argues that imperial China must be explored for its own sake as well as for the essential foundation it provides in understanding contemporary China, and indeed world history writ large.
