The Scramble for China

Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, China
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Author: Robert Bickers ISBN: 9780141983509
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: February 25, 2016
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Robert Bickers
ISBN: 9780141983509
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: February 25, 2016
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces by Europeans? Or could they adapt rapidly enough to maintain their independence?

This important and compelling book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West by illuminating a dramatic, colourful and sometimes shocking period of the country's history.

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In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces by Europeans? Or could they adapt rapidly enough to maintain their independence?

This important and compelling book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West by illuminating a dramatic, colourful and sometimes shocking period of the country's history.

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