1st Edition

China How the Empire Fell

Edited By Joseph Esherick, C.X. George Wei Copyright 2014
302 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Qing dynasty was China’s last, and it created an empire of unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked on a revolutionary course that lasted through most of the twentieth century. The 1911 Revolution ended two millennia of imperial rule and established the Republic of China, but dissatisfaction with the early republic... Read more

Introduction, Joseph W. Esherick  Part I: The Challenges of Reform 1. The Reform Predicament, Dai Angang 2. Late Qing Governors and Provincial Assemblies, Li Zhenwu 3. Conflict and Competition: A New Perspective on Late Qing Politics, Zhou Jiming and Wang Xi  Part II: The Sichuan Railway Crisis: Prelude to Revolution 4. Zaifeng and Qing Railway Policy, Li Xuefeng  Part III: Hubei Reforms and the Wuchang Uprising 5. The Policies in Hubei, Feng Tianyu 6. Tang Hualong in the 1911 Revolution, Ma Mingde Part IV: Qing Officials and the Revolution 7. Provincial Officials in 1911, Li Xizhu 8. On the Mentality of Manchu and Mongol Elites During the 1911 Revolution, Sun Yanjing and Zhou Zengguang Part V: Yuan Shikai 9. Zaifeng's Dismissal of Yuan Shikai and Sino-US-Japanese Diplomacy, Cui Zhihai 10. The Qing’s Three Armies after the Wuchang Uprising, Zhang Huateng 11. Yuan Shikai and the February 1912 "‘Beijing Mutiny’, Shang Xiaoming  Part VI: The Revolution and the Frontier 12. The ‘Political Game’ and ‘State-Building:’ Outer Mongolia during the 1911 Revolution, Feng Jianyong

Biography

Joseph W. Esherick is Emeritus professor of History, University of California, San Diego, USA.

C. X. George Wei is Professor and Head of the Department of History at the University of Macau.

"Although hints about current political debates are intriguing, the volume will be useful above all to graduate students and professors of modem Chinese history seeking an introduction to current Chinese scholarship on the Revolution of 1911. Summing Up: Highly Recommended" – K.E Stapleton, State University of New York in CHOICE