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William T. Rowe is John and Diane Cooke Professor of Chinese History at Johns Hopkins University
- 海外中国研究
- 清史
- 历史
- 新清史
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- 近代史
- 晚清
- 明清史
In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West.
The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, though many of their social edicts—especially the requirement that ethnic Han men wear queues—were fiercely resisted. As advocates of a “universal” empire, Qing rulers also achieved an enormous expansion of the Chinese realm over the course of three centuries, including the conquest and incorporation of Turkic and Tibetan peoples in the west, vast migration into the southwest, and the colonization of Taiwan.
Despite this geographic range and the accompanying social and economic complexity, the Qing ideal of “small government” worked well when outside threats were minimal. But the nineteenth-century Opium Wars forced China to become a player in a predatory international contest involving Western powers, while the devastating uprisings of the Taiping and Boxer rebellions signaled an urgent need for internal reform. Comprehensive state-mandated changes during the early twentieth century were not enough to hold back the nationalist tide of 1911, but they provided a new foundation for the Republican and Communist states that would follow.
This original, thought-provoking history of China’s last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today.
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本套系列始于秦朝公元前221年，止于清朝公元1912年，横跨2133年，治乱更替，分分合合，各色枭雄如流星般璀璨登场，闪耀一时一方，遮饰累累白骨万千，留下迷离的专属印记，更多则溶于悠远绵长的中华血脉。 历史事件有很多藏于永不可解的迷雾，历史观因人因事也在世代轮转，不变...
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清史入门第一本！非常好的总结。这就是利用史学家的研究，写出自己关于清史的narrative的模板。如果用来做lecture也非常适合，既有历史发展脉络，又融合了各派见解，并整合为一个叙事整体。
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评分太喜欢用法语单词了，如果把尾注换成脚注就更好了。
评分Fast-paced and highly readable, especially its introduction, although catered towards an American readership of course.
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