The Cambridge History of China: Volume 9, Part 1, The Ch'ing Empire to 1800: 09 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521243343 ISBN 13: 9780521243346

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This volume of the Cambridge History of China considers the political, military, social, and economic developments of the Ch'ing empire to 1800. The period begins with the end of the resurgent Ming dynasty, covered in volumes 7 and 8, and ends with the beginning of the collapse of the imperial system in the nineteenth century, described in volume 10. Taken together, the ten chapters elucidate the complexities of the dynamic interactions between emperors and their servitors, between Manchus and non-Manchu populations, between various elite groups, between competing regional interests, between merchant networks and agricultural producers, between rural and urban interests, and, at work among all these tensions, between the old and new. This volume presents the changes underway in this period prior to the advent of Western imperialist military power.

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Review:

'... this volume is and will be extremely useful for historians in general ... at the same time, it will also be unofficial for historians of china who have the ambition to add an increasingly complex and sophisticated perspective to their own academic work. Last but not least, great parts of this volume can turn out to be inspiring for one's own research ... it should ... be pointed out that the CHC, volume 9, part 1, for the first time perhaps, recognizes, in a sinological context outside of the narrow field of Manchurists and specialists of Ch'ing warfare, the crucial importance of Manchu sources for our understanding of both Manchu and Ch'ing history.' Etudes Chinoises

' ... The Ch'ing dynasty to 1800 has all it takes to become a standard reference work on early and mid-Qing history.' School of Oriental & African Studies

Book Description:

This volume provides detailed narrative accounts of the reigns of the first five Manchu emperors. The personalities and policies of the emperors as well as the internal struggles for power and the external wars of conquest are described.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521243343
• ISBN 13: 9780521243346
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 780
• Editor: Peterson Willard J.