Описание: This volume presents an exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, tracing the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing, incorporated neighbouring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship.
Автор: Haijian Название: The Qing Empire and the Opium War ISBN: 1107069874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107069879 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 19800.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Opium War of 1839-42 is a subject of enduring interest. The Chinese historian Mao Haijian presents a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists, offering a comprehensive explanation as to why the Qing Empire was so badly defeated by the British.
Автор: Miller Harry Название: State Versus Gentry in Early Qing Dynasty China, 1644-1699 ISBN: 1137334053 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137334053 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Continuing the argument developed in the author`s previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor`s self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry`s claim to sovereignty.
Автор: Hagerman Christopher Название: Britain`s Imperial Muse ISBN: 0230278612 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230278615 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Britain`s Imperial Muse explores the classics` contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India.
Описание: Offers a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty. This book explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reproduction in the survival strategies of the rural poor under conditions of overpopulation, worsening sex ratios, and shrinking farm sizes.
Автор: Elman Benjamin A Название: Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China ISBN: 067472495X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674724952 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7595.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Benjamin Elman describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world`s first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today.
Автор: Ebrey Название: The Aristocratic Families in Early Imperial China ISBN: 0521102375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521102377 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Much scholarly work has been published on the Chinese medieval `aristocracy`, in Chinese, Japanese and Western languages. It is commonly accepted that the change from an aristocratic society to a `meritocracy` was one of the turning points of Chinese history.
Описание: A powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence, representing a major contribution not only to the history of the Indian working classes, but to the history of industrial capitalism and colonialism as a whole.
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