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Frederic Wakeman’s Oeuvre in the Framework of World and Comparative History
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Frederic Wakeman’s Oeuvre in the Framework of World and Comparative History xiii
- Navigating History: Voyages 1
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Part One. China in the Context of World History
- 1. China and the Seventeenth-Century World Crisis 27
- 2. The Chinese Mirror: Universal Values and Particular Societies 44
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Part Two. The Ming-Qing Period
- 3. The Shun Interregnum of 1644 59
- 4. Romantics, Stoics, and Martyrs in Seventeenth- Century China 98
- 5. The Price of Autonomy: Intellectuals in Ming and Qing Politics 135
- 6. Localism and Loyalism during the Qing Conquest of Jiangnan: The Tragedy of Jiangyin 174
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Part Three. Shanghai in the Republic Period
- 7. Licensing Leisure: The Chinese Nationalists’ Attempt to Regulate Shanghai, 1927–1949 217
- 8. Shanghai Smuggling 248
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Part Four. The Historiography of Chinese History
- 9. The Use and Abuse of Ideology in the Study of Contemporary China 285
- 10. Chinese Archives and American Scholarship on Modern Chinese History 315
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Part Five. Modernity and State
- 11. Civil Society in Late Imperial and Modern China 333
- 12. Drury’s Occupation of Macao and China’s Response to Early Modern Imperialism 359
- 13. Models of Historical Change: The Chinese State and Society, 1839–1989 370
- 14. Reflection: Telling Chinese History 410
- Appendix: Books by Frederic E. Wakeman Jr. 431
- Acknowledgments 433
- Index 435
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Frederic Wakeman’s Oeuvre in the Framework of World and Comparative History xiii
- Navigating History: Voyages 1
-
Part One. China in the Context of World History
- 1. China and the Seventeenth-Century World Crisis 27
- 2. The Chinese Mirror: Universal Values and Particular Societies 44
-
Part Two. The Ming-Qing Period
- 3. The Shun Interregnum of 1644 59
- 4. Romantics, Stoics, and Martyrs in Seventeenth- Century China 98
- 5. The Price of Autonomy: Intellectuals in Ming and Qing Politics 135
- 6. Localism and Loyalism during the Qing Conquest of Jiangnan: The Tragedy of Jiangyin 174
-
Part Three. Shanghai in the Republic Period
- 7. Licensing Leisure: The Chinese Nationalists’ Attempt to Regulate Shanghai, 1927–1949 217
- 8. Shanghai Smuggling 248
-
Part Four. The Historiography of Chinese History
- 9. The Use and Abuse of Ideology in the Study of Contemporary China 285
- 10. Chinese Archives and American Scholarship on Modern Chinese History 315
-
Part Five. Modernity and State
- 11. Civil Society in Late Imperial and Modern China 333
- 12. Drury’s Occupation of Macao and China’s Response to Early Modern Imperialism 359
- 13. Models of Historical Change: The Chinese State and Society, 1839–1989 370
- 14. Reflection: Telling Chinese History 410
- Appendix: Books by Frederic E. Wakeman Jr. 431
- Acknowledgments 433
- Index 435