The Sextants of Beijing · Global Currents in Chinese History by Waley-Cohen, Joanna -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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TITLE PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ONE: EARLY CHINESE COSMOPOLITANISM

The Idealized Chinese Worldview The Early Imperial Age, 206 B.C.–A.D. 581 Early Buddhism The Multicultural Ambience of Tang China, 618–907 Trade and International Exchange under the Tang The Exchange of Ideas under the Tang Diplomacy Foreign Religions Commercial and Maritime Expansion under the Song, 960–1276 The Mongol Yuan, 1276–1368 The Ming Empire, 1368–1644 The Advent of Europeans and the Impact of the Silver Tradexs

TWO: CHINA AND CATHOLICISM IN THE SIXTEENTH THROUGH EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

Late Ming China Qing Conquest, Ming Loyalism The Early Catholic Missions to China Jesuit Mission Policies Christianity, Religious Beliefs, and “Superstition” Breaking the Law The Decline of Catholic Influence in China Christianity and Buddhism: A Comparison

THREE: FOREIGN GOODS AND FOREIGN KNOWLEDGE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

War and Diplomacy in the High Qing Trade The Macartney Embassy China and European Arts and Sciences Astronomy and Mathematics Cartography Art and Architecture Artillery Chinese Abroad Origins of a Stereotype

FOUR: THE TURNING OF THE TABLES, 1796–1860

China in the Early Nineteenth Century Foreigners in China The First Opium War, 1839–1842 Chinese Mobilization The Treaty of Nanjing, 1842 The Rise of Shanghai Chinese Emigration The Taiping Rebellion The Russians, the British, and the French, 1856–1860

FIVE: SHIELDS AND SWORDS, 1860–1914

Decline and Fall The Foreign Presence New Diplomacy Christian Missionaries Military Reform Industrialization The Boxers Changes in Education Study Overseas Opium and Footbinding Early Popular Action against Foreigners

SIX: OVERCOMING HABITS OF MIND, 1914–1949

Empire to Republic China and Versailles New Culture, New Politics Work-Study The Guomindang, the Chinese Communists, and the Soviet Union Flirting with Fascism under Nationalist Rule, 1927–1937 Rural Reconstruction The Guomindang, the Communists, and Japan China and the Western Allies in World War Two Wartime Culture Aftermath of War Bringing Foreign Domination to an End

SEVEN: CULTURE AND CONFLICT, 1949–1997

The Korean War New World Standing China and the Soviet Union China and the Vietnam War The Cultural Revolution Normalization of Relations with the United States After Mao The 1980s Christianity under the People’s Republic Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang Adjusting Perspective Culture and the Nation Tiananmen, 1989 China after Tiananmen

CONCLUSION PERMISSIONS NOTES FURTHER READINGS MAPS

1. Contemporary China 2. The World of Tang China 3. The World of Late Ming China 4. The Treaty Ports

ACKNOWLEDGMENT INDEX COPYRIGHT ALSO BY JOANNA WALEY-COHEN