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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mao, Hai jian (1954-....)
Titre(s) : The Qing Empire and the Opium War [Texte imprimé] : the collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty / Mao Haijian ; with an introduction by Julia Lovell ; English text edited by Joseph Lawson ; translated by Joseph Lawson, Craig Smith and Peter Lavelle
Traduction de : Tian chao di beng kui
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016
Description matérielle : xix, 549 pages ; 24 cm
Collection : The Cambridge China library
Lien à la collection : The Cambridge China library
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : "Originally published by SDX Joint Publishing as The Collapse of the Celestial Empire
in 2005 [with title Tianchao de bengkui]"--Title page verso. - Includes bibliographical references and index
"The Opium War of 1839-1842, 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"
Sujet(s) : Politique militaire -- Chine -- 19e siècle
Forces armées -- Chine -- 19e siècle
Chine -- 1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
Grande-Bretagne. Army -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107069879. - ISBN 1107069874
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450793191
Notice n° :
FRBNF45079319
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
