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1856: A Tangled Qing, Taiping, and the Powers
Chemical Industry Press · 2015
1856 was a pivotal year in modern Chinese history and a highly significant one in the history of China's foreign relations. That year the civil war be…
China's Early Industrialization: Sheng Hsuan-huai (1844–1916) and Mandarin Enterprise
China Social Sciences Press · 1990
This is the magnum opus of the American scholar Albert Feuerwerker. Published in 1958 by Harvard University Press as the first volume in the Harvard E…
Interrupted Modernization: Uncovering the Late Qing
Oriental Press · 2017
Interrupted Modernization: Uncovering the Late Qing is a collection of essays on Late Qing history written from a social-history perspective by media …
Bringing the World to China: A Modern Chinese History Starting from Macao
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2013
This book is the outcome of a sub-project of "The Historical Position, Unique Role and Contemporary Significance of Macao in Globalization and East-We…
Hidden Logic: Zhang Ming on the Details Behind History
Jiuzhou Press · 2018
This book is a collection of essays on modern Chinese history by Zhang Ming, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Renmin University o…
The True Character of History: Politics, Society, and Culture in the Late Qing and Republican China
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2016
This book is a collection of historical essays by Sang Bing, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University. It gathers articles the author wrote over recent y…
The Fall of the Qing: A Revelation (1894–1911)
Flower City Publishing House · 2013
The Fall of the Qing: A Revelation (1894–1911) is a popular history of the late Qing by Huang Zhijun, published in Duku's "This History Book Is Really…
The Winter of the Empire: Silver, Queues, and Face
China Pictorial Publishing House · 2017
This is the first volume in Dongxue Xinjing's (real name Li Heng) series on late Qing history. Taking the near-century from the Daoguang Emperor's acc…
The Xiyangjing Collection
China Pictorial Publishing House · 2017
The "Peking" Collection is the digital omnibus of the series "The Peking Gazette: In Search of China's Lost History in the West," edited by Zhao Sheng…
History of the Hundred Days' Reform
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press · 2015
The History of the Hundred Days' Reform is the magnum opus of historian Tang Zhijun on the 1898 reform movement. A revised edition was published by Sh…
The Chiang, Soong, Kung, and Chen Families: Complete Secret Archives Box Set (4 Volumes)
Sino-Culture Press · 2011
This box set is a four-volume collection in Huawen Publishing House's "Four Great Families: Complete Secret Archives" series, compiled respectively by…
Spicy Modern History: 1840–1885
Zhejiang University Press · 2012
Spicy Modern History: 1840–1885 is a popular history of modern China by Liu Shu, published by Zhejiang University Press in 2012, 275 pages, the first …
Reinventing Modern China: Imagination and Authenticity in Chinese Historical Writing
Zhonghua Book Company · 2013
This book is a historiographical study in which Li Huaiyin systematically reviews the evolution of writing on modern Chinese history in the twentieth …
China in War and Revolution, 1895–1949
China Renmin University Press · 2016
China in War and Revolution, 1895–1949, written by the American historian Peter Zarrow and translated into Chinese by Gao Bo, was published in 2016 in…
The Corner of an Empire: A Study of Britain's Leased Occupation of Weihaiwei (1898–1930)
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018
After the First Sino-Japanese War, Britain leased Weihaiwei as a counterweight to Russia. As the Far Eastern situation quieted around the turn of the …
Modern Economic Geography of China
East China Normal University Press · 2015
Modern Economic Geography of China is a nine-volume academic series edited by Wu Songdi with Dai Angang as associate editor. Written over nearly a dec…
Late Qing Trilogy: Zeng Guofan
People's Literature Publishing House · 2002
Late Qing Trilogy: Zeng Guofan is the representative full-length historical novel by the writer Tang Haoming. It is published in three volumes titled …
Biography of Empress Dowager Cixi (Imperial Biographies Series)
Shaanxi Sanqin Publishing House · 2013
Biography of Empress Dowager Cixi is a volume in the "Imperial Biographies Series," compiled by Chen Yuxiao, with the subtitle "Ruling from Behind the…
The Presidents: Another Side of the Presidents of the Republic of China
National Academy of Governance Press · 2011
This book is a critical biography of the early presidents of the Republic of China by the young history author Zhang Cheng, included in the "Reading a…
Microhistory: The Historical Scene of 1840–1949
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2011
Microhistory: The Historical Scene of 1840–1949 by Lu Weibing is a popular history of modern China written in the style of microblog posts, published …