China Charts the World: Hsu Chi-yü and His Geography of 1848Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Scholar-Official from Shansi -- The “Intractable Barbarians” -- In Touch with a New World -- A Victim of Conservatism -- The Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh -- Governor Hsu's Image of the World -- Danger in China's Maritime Sphere -- Threatened on the Inner Asian Frontier -- The “Barbarian” Base in Europe -- Despair in Africa, Hope in America -- Return to China's Heartland -- Conclusion -- Works Cited in the Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh: Titles, Authors, and Location in the 1848 Edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs. |
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... Canton until late September , after the Mid - Autumn Festival . As a realist who had reconciled his view of China's fundamental weakness with a pragmatic position about what should be done next , Hsu had joined potent allies within the ...
... Canton until late September , after the Mid - Autumn Festival . As a realist who had reconciled his view of China's fundamental weakness with a pragmatic position about what should be done next , Hsu had joined potent allies within the ...
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... Canton as one of the three or four top officials of the province . He was the supreme judge of the province and now had the right to memorialize the throne directly . Above him , as governor general , was Ch'i Kung , Ch'i - shan's ...
... Canton as one of the three or four top officials of the province . He was the supreme judge of the province and now had the right to memorialize the throne directly . Above him , as governor general , was Ch'i Kung , Ch'i - shan's ...
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... Canton , thoroughly exploited Washington's popularity . For example , see a porcelain jug with his portrait in Marshall B. Davidson , ed . , The American Heritage History of American Antiques from the Revolution to the Civil War ( New ...
... Canton , thoroughly exploited Washington's popularity . For example , see a porcelain jug with his portrait in Marshall B. Davidson , ed . , The American Heritage History of American Antiques from the Revolution to the Civil War ( New ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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