China and the international system, 1840-1949 : power, presence, and perceptions in a century of hum...
China and the international system, 1840-1949 : power, presence, and perceptions in a century of hum...
China and the international system, 1840-1949 : power, presence, and perceptions in a century of humiliation / David Scott.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2008.
Call Numbers
N327.51009/5
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: International relations, history, and images -- Humiliations established in the First and Second Opium Wars -- Humiliations maintained on China and the Chinese post-1860 -- China's attempted first awakening -- China's further humiliations -- China adrift in a brave new world -- War-tim...
Publication information
Publisher
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2008.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"David Scott considers China's first substantive modern period of encounter with the West from 1840 through 1949, a period characterized as the Century of Humiliation. During this time China fell from Middle Kingdom preeminence to a position in the international system that remained an enigmatic and challenging one: too strong to be taken over as a...
Alternative Titles
Full title
China and the international system, 1840-1949 : power, presence, and perceptions in a century of humiliation / David Scott.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2008.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
N327.51009/5
Record Identifier
74VM4WZMx2Ml
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4WZMx2Ml
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780791476277 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
327.51009034
MMS ID
991001466749702626
