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The scramble for China : foreign devils in the Qing empire, 1800-1914
- Title
- The scramble for China : foreign devils in the Qing empire, 1800-1914 / Robert Bickers.
- Author
- Bickers, Robert A.
- Publication
- London : Allen Lane, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- 493 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In the early 19th century China remained almost untouched by Britain and other European powers - ferocious laws forbade all trade with the West outside one tiny area of Canton. Anyone teaching a European to speak Chinese was executed. But as new technology began to unbalance the relationship, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces by the Europeans? Or could they adapt rapidly enough to maintain their independence?
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-1941
- ISBN
- 9780713997491 (hbk)
- 0713997494 (hbk)
- OCLC
- 708263981
- Author
- Bickers, Robert A.
- Title
- The scramble for China : foreign devils in the Qing empire, 1800-1914 / Robert Bickers.
- Imprint
- London : Allen Lane, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-1941