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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... province was justly revered not only as a pri- mary part of the ancient heartland of China , but also as one of the fundamental units of all the great empires.2 Fortress - like , the rugged province enclosed a spectacular variety of ...
... province was justly revered not only as a pri- mary part of the ancient heartland of China , but also as one of the fundamental units of all the great empires.2 Fortress - like , the rugged province enclosed a spectacular variety of ...
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... province's rich natural resources . The salt brine lakes in the south had made Shansi one of the ten major salt - production zones during the Ch'ing dynasty . The province boasted a wealth of minerals : high grade bituminous and ...
... province's rich natural resources . The salt brine lakes in the south had made Shansi one of the ten major salt - production zones during the Ch'ing dynasty . The province boasted a wealth of minerals : high grade bituminous and ...
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... province awoke ideas which had been suppressed while he had been an official in the coastal march . Now he hoped to ... provinces for over ten years , the posts I had were extremely bitter . I carried out my duties , but did not provide ...
... province awoke ideas which had been suppressed while he had been an official in the coastal march . Now he hoped to ... provinces for over ten years , the posts I had were extremely bitter . I carried out my duties , but did not provide ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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