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The Qing Empire and the Opium War : the collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty /

Title
The Qing Empire and the Opium War : the collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty /
Author/Creator
茅海建, 1954- author
Lavelle, Peter, translator
Smith, Craig, translator
Lawson, Joseph, translator
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publisher Date
2016.
Description
"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"--
Note
"Originally published by SDX Joint Publishing as The Collapse of the Celestial Empire in 2005 [with title Tianchao de bengkui]"--Title page verso.
Author is a teaching member of the University of Macau (Described on 20/05/2019).
Subject
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842
China--Military policy
Strategy--History--19th century
China--Armed Forces--History--19th century
Library URL
991005805059706306