China and Imperialism: During the Nineteenth Century [Hardcover]

China and Imperialism (During the Nineteenth Century) is an abridged edition of Tan Chung's collection of articles, Triton and Dragon, published in 1986. , , It is, indeed, a critique of Tradition-Modernity model which is most popularly known as challenge-response formula that has dominated the writings on Nineteenth-Century China for long. This paradigm has formed the basis of all John K. Fairbank's concepts, such as, Canton system, Treaty Port System, Tribute System and most important of all, Sino-centrism and Dynastic Cycle Theory that he has used to understand the role of imperialism in Chinese internal developments during 19th century. In the present study all these concepts have been critically analysed on grounds of their illogical and irrational nature as well as the misinterpretation of Chinese terminology by Fairbank. , , As against the Fairbankian schema, an attempt has been made, in the present volume, to critically synthesise the parallel historiographies in English and Chinese languages by comparing and contrasting different shades of opinions and schools of thought. , , This abridged and edited version of Tan Chung's Triton and Dragon, it is hoped, will serve the purpose of a text book for all those teachers and students interested in the study of Imperialism and Colonialism and national movements in 19th Century China. About The Author:- Jawaharlal Nehru University ndhi" Title="indira-gandhi">Indira Gandhi born in Malaysia and received the Indian name 'Asoka' from Tagore (at Santiniketan) in 1929, grew up in China, and spent 45 years (1955-1999) in India teaching in Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University and other institutions (from 1958 to 1994). After having served as Head of the Department of Chinese and Japanese Studies of Delhi University, and Chairman of the Centre for Afro-Asian Languages and the Centre for East Asian Languages of Jawaharlal Nehru University, and as Professor-consultant and Head of East Asia Research in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, he now resides at Chicago in retirement. He has authored and edited 19 books (11 in English, 7 in Chinese, one bilingual). His China and the Brave New World and Triton and Dragon have provided useful references for the teaching of 19th century China in India, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places. His India and China : Twenty Centuries of Civilizational Interaction and Vibrations (co-authored with Prof. Geng Yinzeng of Peking University), is Part 6 of Volume III in the encyclopaedic series of History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization. The recent Book Tagore and China which he initiated and edited with other scholars breaks new ground in the studies on Tagore as well as on India-China cultural affinity. He was the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2010 and received the China-India Friendship Award from Premier Wen Jiabao in the same year. D.N. Gupta obtained M. A. and Ph. D degrees from the University of Delhi. He taught History at the prestigious Hindu College for over 40 years. His publications include : Communism and Nationalism in Colonical India (1939-1945), Bhagat Singh : Select Speeches and Writings (ed.), Changing Modes of Production in India (ed.), and R. C. Dutt's Open Letters to Lord Curzon : Speeches and Papers (ed.). Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Preface .: Introduction .:I : ORJENTATION .:1. On Understanding Nineteenth Century China .: 2. On Sinocentrism : A Critique .: 3. Foreign Mud on Good Earth : British Opium Enterprise Vis-a-Vis China .:II : CHINA AND IMPERIALISM .:4. The Britain-China-India Trade Triangle (1771-1840) .: 5. The Opium War (1840-1842) and Sino-British Contradictions .: 6. The Unequal Treaty System : Infrastructure of Irresponsible Imperialism .:7. European Harpies Sucking Chinese Juice : A Case of Commercial and Finance Imperialism .: 8. God Shied from Celestial Kingdom : Christian Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century China .: 9. American Policy of "Open Door "and China .:III : PEASANT REBELLIONS .:10. Chinese Peasant War for Taiping Dreams (1850-1864) .: 11. A New Look at Peasant Rebellions in China .: 12. Yi He Tuan Movement : The Most Heroic Boxing on Earth .: 13. Buddhist Incense to Chinese Mass Rebellion : A Case Study of the Boxer Uprising of 1900 .:IV : REFORMATION .:14. The Reformers' Non-Violent Path to Modernisation (1898) -Bibliography 285.: Index 299 The Title 'China and Imperialism: During the Nineteenth Century written/authored/edited by Tan Chung & D. N. Gupta', published in the year 2013. The ISBN 9788121202077 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 312 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is International Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-