Mylar covered illustrated dj; tan cloth covers, red/gilt lettering spine. xx,

Mylar covered illustrated dj; tan cloth covers, red/gilt lettering spine. xx, 754 pages: maps. Series: The Cambridge history of China Volume 11-we have other titles in this series. This is the second of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the gradual decline of the Ch'ing empire in China (the first was volume 10). Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late nineteenth century, and the profound stirring during that period, which led to China's great twentieth-century revolution. The contributors focus on commercial and technological growth, foreign relations, the stimulation of Chinese intellectual life by the outside world, and military triumphs and disasters. The impact of Japan is emphasized and there is consideration of the movements of reform and revolution in the two decades before 1911. As the contributors to this volume show, the effects of the accelerating changes were to fragment the old ruling class and the ancient monarchy, finally bringing the Chinese people face to face with the challenges of the new century. Each chapter is written by a specialist from the international community of sinological scholars. Many of the accounts break new ground; all are based on fresh research. For readers with Chinese, proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary, and full references to Chinese, Japanese and other works are given in the bibliographies. Numerous maps illustrate the text, and there are bibliographical essay decribing the source materials on which each author's account is based. Contents: Economic trends in the late Ch'ing empire, 1870-1911 /; by Albert Feuerwerker--; Late Ch'ing foreign relations, 1866-1905 /; by Immanuel C.Y. Hsu--; Changing Chinese views of Western relations, 1840-95 /; by Yen-P'ing Hao and Erh-min Wang--; The military challenge: the north-west and the coast /; by Kwang-Ching Liu and Richard J. Smith--; Intellectual change and the reform movement, 1890-8 /; by Hao Chang--; Japan and the Chinese revolution of 1911 /; by Marius B. Jansen--; Political and institutional reform 1901-11 /; by Chuzo Ichiko--; Government, merchants and industry to 1911 /; by Wellington K.K. Chan--; The republican revolutionary movement /; by Michael Gasster--; Currents of social change /; by Marianne Bastid-Bruguiere.