The Cambridge History of China: Volume 10, Late Ch'ing 1800-1911, Part 1

This is the first of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the decline of the Ch'ing empire. It opens with a survey of the Ch'ing empire in China and Inner Asia at its height, in about 1800. Contributors study the complex interplay of foreign invasion, domestic rebellion and Ch'ing decline and restoration. Special reference is made to the Peking administration, the Canton trade and the early treaty system, the Taiping, Nien and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521214475
• ISBN13: 9780521214476
• Release Date: June 1978
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 730 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"