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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
- Rowe_William_T
- 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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第一本看过的西方汉学家撰述的中国史，感觉是典型的学院派专著。虽然有点不想承认，清朝确实作为一个帝国存在于东亚，并深刻影响了周边的国家。或许由于现代史学经常强调中国近代所遭受的耻辱的缘故。 中国朝庭与其接邻之政体间维持着正式的外交接触，但存在着彻底的不对等与霸...
评分最近几年，读书越发不求甚解了。花了几天功夫，这本书也只读了一半，越往后，读得越粗粗不堪。 作为一本通史下的朝代史，本书的写法确实有独到之处，与国内的政治史模式差异颇大。怎么看，都觉得是社会史融入了政治史，对清朝整个社会能有一个更加清晰的认识。然而其行文、其翻...
评分不要被书名吓到，其实是并不长的一本书。大概是文化传统差异，中国人写历史喜欢饱含情感的以人物和事件为线索一条条写下来。外国人写中国历史或许因为其理性思维，或许是因为旁观者的立场，更像是手术刀式的解剖，俯瞰，注重功能和细节。举几个有意思的点: 其一，作者认为17.18...
评分在目前中国所有的历史课本上，划分古代史与近代史的界限是1840年的鸦片战争，包括很多研究机构的划分与安排也是遵从这个分界线的。这个分界线的来历是哈佛费正清教授的观点，被近代中国历史研究者认可，由于这种划分具备上佳的政治效果，因此很快就成为政治上正确的分界。一旦...
评分整体上是一本海外汉学家关于清朝的综述，对于熟稔清史的人来说可能没有新意，但是对我收获很多。 写作视角上弱化政治军事，侧重从社会生活入手。其中还不乏和现在传统史观相比“颠覆”的观点，从经济，官僚选任角度分析清朝治理偏向“小政府”，中央在治理地方的时候下放一部分...
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评分清史入门第一本！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。
评分清史入门第一本！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。
评分The most valuable part of this book is its review of historiography in Intro.
评分很好的教材
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