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 edi...
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.
作者简介
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William T. Rowe is John and Diane Cooke Professor of Chinese History at Johns Hopkins University
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0 有用 Donald 2011-07-13 10:55:31
Fast-paced and highly readable, especially its introduction, although catered towards an American readership of course.
1 有用 Maysaa 2015-05-13 03:03:11
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。
0 有用 三嘟 2020-03-21 23:59:53
整套书读下来最喜欢这一本，因为作者把知识性和理论性做了非常好的平衡。作为相对严肃的通史类读物，这套书基本完成了知识普及的任务，但各本之间差异不小。陆威仪那三本专题性强，并不适合对中国历史一无所知的人。库恩那本侧重描述和复原历史，问题意识不明显。卜正民那本独出机杼，作为通史的组成部分其实是不合格的（当然，人家也没说是通史）。到了罗威廉这一本，我只能用“标准”这个词来形容！从introduction就... 整套书读下来最喜欢这一本，因为作者把知识性和理论性做了非常好的平衡。作为相对严肃的通史类读物，这套书基本完成了知识普及的任务，但各本之间差异不小。陆威仪那三本专题性强，并不适合对中国历史一无所知的人。库恩那本侧重描述和复原历史，问题意识不明显。卜正民那本独出机杼，作为通史的组成部分其实是不合格的（当然，人家也没说是通史）。到了罗威廉这一本，我只能用“标准”这个词来形容！从introduction就看得出来，前5本真的就是概括或者简介而已，但这一本是专业的survey！章节设置既涵盖了有清一代的重要事件和重要问题，又不像教材那样死板。在具体讲述中作者还会穿插介绍学界就某一问题的主要看法，在增强学术色彩的同时，也能看出作者力求不偏不倚。 (展开)
2 有用 weictsai 2015-03-26 08:04:20
準備資格考時讀的。算是這個系列裡面編寫得比較有誠意的一本。談到了美國清史研究的三個轉向。
0 有用 Hayashiiii 2024-02-20 01:07:39 美国
清史入门绝美好书
0 有用 Yours, Miran 2023-04-12 23:22:35 美国
一種教科書
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个人认为最适合的清朝通史
0 有用 Böri 2022-08-22 01:18:56 美国
罗威廉所著清朝简史，比较能代表现在美国清史学家的观点
0 有用 DL 2022-06-04 23:34:08
读完感觉把CHHIS 253复习了一遍。Historiography 5星，扣一星给history