The Cambridge History Of China. Volume 9, Part Two: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800

"The Cambridge History of China is the largest and most comprehensive history of China in the English language. Planned in the 1960s by the late, distinguished China scholar Professor John K. Fairbank of Harvard, and Denis Twitchett, Professor Emeritus of Princeton, the series covers the grand scale of Chinese history from the 3rd century BC, to the death of Mao Tse-tung. Consisting of fifteen volumes (two of which, Volumes 5 and 9 are to be published in two books), the history embodies both existing scholarship and extensive original research into hitherto neglected subjects and periods. The contributors, all specialists from the international community of Sinologists, cover the main developments in political, social, economic and intellectual life of China in their respective periods. Collectively they present the major events in a long history that encompasses both a very old civilisation and a great modern power. Written not only for students and scholars, but with the general reader in mind, the volumes are designed to be read continuously, or as works of reference. No knowledge of Chinese is necessary; for readers with Chinese, proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary, and full references to Chinese, Japanese, and other works are given in the bibliographies. Numerous maps illustrate the texts. The published volumes have constituted essential reading in Chinese history. See also, The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, eds., a companion to this series covering the period 1500 to 221 BC. General Editors: John K. Fairbank, Denis Twitchett." -- Provided by publisher Introduction: The Ch'ing dynasty, the Ch'ing empire, and the Great Ch'ing integrated domain / Willard J. Peterson -- Governing Provinces / R. Kent Guy -- Taiwan prefecture in the eighteenth century / John Robert Shepherd -- The Extension of Ch'ing rule over Mongolia, Sinkiang, and Tibet, 1636-1800 / Nicola Di Cosmo -- Tributary relations between the Chosǒn and Ch'ing courts to 1800 / Lim Jongtae -- The emergence of the state of Vietnam / John K. Whitmore and Brian Zottoli -- Cultural transfers between Tokugawa Japan and Ch'ing China to 1800 / Benjamin A. Elman -- Ch'ing relations with maritime Europeans / John E. Wills and John L. Cranmer-Byng -- Catholic missionaries, 1644-1800 / John W. Witek -- Calendrical learning and medicine, 1600-1800 / Chu Pingyi -- Taoists, 1644-1850 / Vincent Goossaert -- Arguments over learning based on intuitive knowing in early Ch'ing / Willard J. Peterson -- Advancement of learning in early Ch'ing: Three cases / Willard J. Peterson -- Dominating learning from above during the K'ang-hsi period / Willard J. Peterson -- Political pressures on the cultural sphere in the Ch'ing period / Wang Fan-Sen -- Changing roles of local elites from the 1720s to the 1830s / Seunghyun Han Cover Title Map 1. The Ch'ing empire: physical features Copyright CONTENTS List of figures and tables List of maps Preface to Volume 9, Part Two Ch'ing dynasty rulers to 1850 INTRODUCTION: THE CH'ING DYNASTY, THE CH'ING EMPIRE, AND THE GREAT CH'ING INTEGRATED DOMAIN 1 GOVERNING PROVINCES 2 TAIWAN PREFECTURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 3 THE EXTENSION OF CH'ING RULE OVER MONGOLIA, SINKIANG, AND TIBET, 1636-1800 4 TRIBUTARY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CHOSON AND CH'ING COURTS TO 1800 5 THE EMERGENCE OF THE STATE OF VIETNAM 6 CULTURAL TRANSFERS BETWEEN TOKUGAWA JAPAN AND CH'ING CHINA TO 1800 7 CH'ING RELATIONS WITH MARITIME EUROPEANS 8 CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES, 1644-1800 9 CALENDRICAL LEARNING AND MEDICINE,1600-1800 10 TAOISTS, 1644-1850 11 ARGUMENTS OVER LEARNING BASED ON INTUITIVE KNOWING IN EARLY CH'ING 12 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING IN EARLY CH'ING: THREE CASES 13 DOMINATING LEARNING FROM ABOVE DURING THE K'ANG-HSI PERIOD 14 POLITICAL PRESSURES ON THE CULTURAL SPHERE IN THE CH'ING PERIOD 15 CHANGING ROLES OF LOCAL ELITES FROM THE 1720s TO THE 1830s Bibliography Glossary-Index Volume 9, Part 2 of The Cambridge History of China is the second of two volumes which together explore the political, social and economic developments of the Ch'ing Empire during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries prior to the arrival of Western military power. Across fifteen chapters, a team of leading historians explore how the eighteenth century's greatest contiguous empire in terms of geographical size, population, wealth, cultural production, political order and military domination peaked and then began to unravel. The book sheds new light on the changing systems deployed under the Ch'ing dynasty to govern its large, multi-ethnic Empire and surveys the dynasty's complex relations with neighbouring states and Europe. In this compelling and authoritative account of a significant era of early modern Chinese history, the volume illustrates the ever-changing nature of the Ch'ing Empire, and provides context for the unforeseeable challenges that the nineteenth century would bring International scholars and sinologists discuss culture, economic growth, social change, political processes, and foreign influences in China since the earliest pre-dynastic period