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        CHAPTER 18. China’s Modernization and the End of the Gunpowder Age
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        Tonio Andrade
        
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
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                            PART I. Chinese Beginnings
- CHAPTER 1. The Crucible 15
- CHAPTER 2. Early Gunpowder Warfare 29
- CHAPTER 3. The Mongol Wars and the Evolution of the Gun, 1211–1279 44
- CHAPTER 4. Great Martiality 55
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                            PART II. Europe Gets the Gun
- CHAPTER 5. The Medieval Gun 75
- CHAPTER 6. Big Guns 88
- CHAPTER 7. The Development of the Classic Gun in Europe 103
- CHAPTER 8. The Gunpowder Age in Europe 115
- CHAPTER 9. Cannibals with Cannons 124
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                            PART III. An Age of Parity
- CHAPTER 10. The Frankish Cannon 135
- CHAPTER 11. Drill, Discipline, and the Rise of the West 144
- CHAPTER 12. The Musket in East Asia 166
- CHAPTER 13. The Seventeenth Century 188
- CHAPTER 14. A European Naval Advantage 196
- CHAPTER 15. The Renaissance Fortress 211
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                            PART IV. The Great Military Divergence
- CHAPTER 16. The Opium War and the Great Divergence 237
- CHAPTER 17. A Modernizing Moment 257
- CHAPTER 18. China’s Modernization and the End of the Gunpowder Age 273
- Conclusions 297
- Acknowledgments 307
- Appendix 1. Timeline 311
- Appendix 2. Datasets 312
- Abbreviations 317
- Notes 319
- Bibliography 379
- Index 421
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
- 
                            PART I. Chinese Beginnings
- CHAPTER 1. The Crucible 15
- CHAPTER 2. Early Gunpowder Warfare 29
- CHAPTER 3. The Mongol Wars and the Evolution of the Gun, 1211–1279 44
- CHAPTER 4. Great Martiality 55
- 
                            PART II. Europe Gets the Gun
- CHAPTER 5. The Medieval Gun 75
- CHAPTER 6. Big Guns 88
- CHAPTER 7. The Development of the Classic Gun in Europe 103
- CHAPTER 8. The Gunpowder Age in Europe 115
- CHAPTER 9. Cannibals with Cannons 124
- 
                            PART III. An Age of Parity
- CHAPTER 10. The Frankish Cannon 135
- CHAPTER 11. Drill, Discipline, and the Rise of the West 144
- CHAPTER 12. The Musket in East Asia 166
- CHAPTER 13. The Seventeenth Century 188
- CHAPTER 14. A European Naval Advantage 196
- CHAPTER 15. The Renaissance Fortress 211
- 
                            PART IV. The Great Military Divergence
- CHAPTER 16. The Opium War and the Great Divergence 237
- CHAPTER 17. A Modernizing Moment 257
- CHAPTER 18. China’s Modernization and the End of the Gunpowder Age 273
- Conclusions 297
- Acknowledgments 307
- Appendix 1. Timeline 311
- Appendix 2. Datasets 312
- Abbreviations 317
- Notes 319
- Bibliography 379
- Index 421