| Physical description |
xxvii unnumbered pages, 876 pages, 136 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Notes |
Ill. on lining papers. |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 749-788. |
| Contents |
Use of Pinyin xxv -- I Conquest and Consolidation 1 -- 1 Late Ming 7 -- 2 Manchu Conquest 26 -- 3 Kangxi's Consolidation 49 -- 4 Yongzheng's Authority 74 -- 5 Chinese Society and the Reign of Qianlong 90 -- 6 China and the Eighteenth-Century World 117 -- II Fragmentation and Reform 137 -- 7 First Clash with the West 143 -- 8 Crisis Within 165 -- 9 Restoration through Reform 194 -- 10 New Tensions in the Late Qing 216 -- 11 End of the Dynasty 245 -- III Envisioning State and Society 269 -- 12 New Republic 275 -- 13 "A Road Is Made" 300 -- 14 Clash 334 -- 15 Experiments in Government 361 -- 16 Drift to War 403 -- IV War and Revolution 435 -- 17 World War II 443 -- 18 Fall of the Guomindang State 484 -- 19 Birth of the People's Republic 514 -- 20 Planning the New Society 541 -- 21 Deepening the Revolution 574 -- V Living in the World 619 -- 22 Reopening the Doors 627 -- 23 Redefining Revolution 653 -- 24 Levels of Power 683 -- 25 Testing the Limits 712 -- Map: China During the Late Ming 878 -- Map: Contemporary China 880. |
| Summary |
Covering more than four centuries of epic history with unsurpassed learning, imagination, and passion, Spence tells a story of vast struggle, of exhilarating dreams and crushed lives, and above all of the sheer capacity of the human spirit to endure. Professor of history at Yale University and author of numerous works on China, Spence shows the reader a world struggling to remake itself and establish harmony in light of recent events. 136 pages of full-color illustrations and black-and-white photographs. |
| Subject |
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
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China -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0393027082 |
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0393307808 |
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03930270982 |
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