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The History of Manchuria, 1840-1948: A Sino-Russo-Japanese Triangle book cover

1st Edition

The History of Manchuria, 1840-1948 A Sino-Russo-Japanese Triangle

By Ian Nish
736 Pages
by Routledge

736 Pages
by Routledge
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In A History of Manchuria, Ian Nish describes the turbulent times which the three Northeastern Provinces of China experienced in the last two centuries. The site of three serious wars in 1894, 1904 and 1919, the territory rarely enjoyed peace though its economy progressed because of the building of arterial railways. From 1932 it came under the rule of the Japanese-inspired government of Manchukuo... Read more
VOLUME 1: HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Preface, Acknowledgements, Name Conventions, List of Abbreviations, List of Maps, Chapter 1: Manchuria and Russian Ambition, 1840s-1890s Chapter 2 : The Sino-Japanese War and After, 1894–1900 Chapter 3: Prelude to the Russo-Japanese War, 1900–1905 Chapter 4: Railways, Reforms and Revolutions, 1906–1914 Chapter 5: Wartime Turmoil in Manchuria, 1915–1922 Chapter 6: Chang Tso-Lin’s Manchuria, 1922–1928 Chapter 7: Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Railways, 1919–1931 Chapter 8: Lytton Commission in Manchuria, 1931–1932 Chapter 9: Manchukuo: From Republic to Empire, 1933–1937 Chapter 10: A Decade of Wars, 1938–1948, Epilogue, Select Bibliography, Index. VOLUME 2 : SELECT PRIMARY SOURCES, APPENDIX Appeal by the Chinese Government Report of the Commission of Enquiry (The Lytton Report) 1 October 1932.

Biography

Ian Nish is Professor Emeritus of International History, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and honorary senior research associate of the Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD). He has published extensively – from his widely acclaimed early works on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to the eight-volume collection of important historical works and documents he compiled and edited, entitled The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5 (Global Oriental, 2004). He compiled and edited Japanese Envoys in Britain, 1862-1964: A Century of Diplomatic Exchange (Global Oriental, 2007). Ian Nish is Professor Emeritus of International History, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and honorary senior research associate of the Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD). He has published extensively – from his widely acclaimed early works on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to the eight-volume collection of important historical works and documents he compiled and edited, entitled The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5 (Global Oriental, 2004). He compiled and edited Japanese Envoys in Britain, 1862-1964: A Century of Diplomatic Exchange (Global Oriental, 2007).

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