The Peking gazette : a reader in nineteenth-century Chinese history / by Lane J. Harris.

"Scholarly introductions to thematic chapters of translated primary sources from the government gazette of the Qing Empire"--Publisher summary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Qing Reign Periods; Terms of Measurement, Units of Currency, and Bureaucratic Titles; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Macartney Audience, 1793; Chapter 2 The Last Will and Testament of the Qianlong Emperor, 1799; Chapter 3 The Case against Heshen, 1799; Chapter 4 The Downfall of a Governor-General in the White Lotus Rebellion, 1800; Chapter 5 The Eight Trigrams Rebellion, 1813; Chapter 6 An English Barbarian Ship, 1832; Chapter 7 The Opium Debate, 1836; Chapter 8 The Opium War, 1839-1842; Chapter 9 Surviving the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

Chapter 10 The Coup d'état of 1861Chapter 11 End of the Miao Rebellions, 1872; Chapter 12 The Incredible Famine, 1876-1879; Chapter 13 Imperial Rainmaking Practices, 1875-1879; Chapter 14 The Dalai Lama and the Qing Empire, 1879-1910; Chapter 15 Crime and Punishment; Chapter 16 Honoring Old Age; Chapter 17 Honoring the Gods; Chapter 18 The Cult of Female Chastity; Chapter 19 "True Stories" of Filial Piety; Chapter 20 "Tribute" Missions to the Qing Empire; Chapter 21 The Making of Taiwan Province, 1872-1887; Chapter 22 The Sino-French War, 1884-1885

Chapter 23 Anti-Missionary Violence, 1891-1899Chapter 24 The Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; Chapter 25 The Hundred Days' Reforms, 1898; Chapter 26 The Return of the Empress Dowager Cixi, 1898; Chapter 27 The Boxer Uprising, 1899-1900; Chapter 28 New Policies Reforms, 1901-1911; Chapter 29 The 1911 Revolution; Chapter 30 The Abdication, 1912; Chinese Name List; Index

Lane J. Harris offers an innovative text covering the extraordinary ruptures and remarkable continuities in the history of China's long nineteenth century (1793-1912) by providing scholarly introductions to thematic chapters of translated primary sources from the government gazette of the Qing Empire. 'The Peking Gazette' is a unique collection of primary sources designed to help readers explore and understand the policies and attitudes of the Manchu emperors, the ideas and perspectives of Han officials, and the mentality and worldviews of several hundred million Han, Mongol, Manchu, Muslim, and Tibetan subjects of the Great Qing Empire as they discussed and debated the most important political, social, and cultural events of the long nineteenth century.

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Translations of the Peking gazette online / compiled by Dr. Lane J. Harris, Furman University.

Includes bibliography of source materials of the translations.

A database of previously-published English translations of official edicts and memorials from nineteenth century China's Qing dynasty, spanning from the Macartney Mission in 1793 to the abdication of the last emperor in 1912. The Peking Gazette provides insight into the Manchu state and its subjects as they grappled with imperial decline, re-engaged with the wider world, and began mapping the path to China's contemporary rise. Contains the voices of Manchu emperors, Han officials, gentry leaders, and peasant spokesmen as they discussed and debated the most important political, social, and cultural movements, trends, and events of their day, and provides insight into the policies and attitudes of the emperors, the ideas and perspectives of the officials, and the mentality and worldviews of the Han, Mongol, Manchu, Muslim, and Tibetan subjects of the Great Qing Empire.

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