The scramble for China : foreign devils in the Qing empire, 1832-1914 / Robert Bickers.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, 2011.Description: xv, 495 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780713997491
  • 0713997494
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.405109034 22
LOC classification:
  • DS755 .B53 2011
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Contents:
Unwelcome guests -- On a Chinese stage -- Lindsay's war and peace -- Model settlements -- China El Dorado -- At the heart of the heart of the empire -- Inland dreams -- Coastwise -- Jubilees -- Extinction -- History.
Summary: Humiliated by military disaster, racked by rebellions that cost millions of lives and ultimately invaded during the Boxer Rebellion by thousands of foreign soldiers, it looked as though the colonial Scramble for Africa was about to be followed by the Scramble for China. This new book tells this epic story both from the European (mainly British) point of view and the Chinese. The degradation of China in this period is crucially important to understanding China today, whose government and people are steeped in stories of this terrible time and never wish to appear weak again. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-478) and index.

Unwelcome guests -- On a Chinese stage -- Lindsay's war and peace -- Model settlements -- China El Dorado -- At the heart of the heart of the empire -- Inland dreams -- Coastwise -- Jubilees -- Extinction -- History.

Humiliated by military disaster, racked by rebellions that cost millions of lives and ultimately invaded during the Boxer Rebellion by thousands of foreign soldiers, it looked as though the colonial Scramble for Africa was about to be followed by the Scramble for China. This new book tells this epic story both from the European (mainly British) point of view and the Chinese. The degradation of China in this period is crucially important to understanding China today, whose government and people are steeped in stories of this terrible time and never wish to appear weak again. --from publisher description

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