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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 244
Utgivningsdatum: 2016-09-27
Upplaga: 1st ed. 2016
Förlag: Springer International Publishing AG
Illustratör/Fotograf: Bibliographie
Illustrationer: 1 Illustrations, color; XIII, 244 p. 1 illus. in color.
Dimensioner: 219 x 154 x 20 mm
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ISBN: 9783319305837

Battle for Beijing, 18581860

Name: Battle for Beijing, 18581860
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Author: Harry Gelber
ISBN: 9783319305837

Franco-British Conflict in China

av Harry Gelber

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016-09-27

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The battle for Beijing is universally and quite wrongly believed to have been about opium. This book argues that it was about freedom to trade, Britains demands for diplomatic equality, and French demands for religious freedom in China. Both countries agreed that their armies, which repeatedly prevailed over Chinese ones that were numerically superior, would stay out of Beijing itself, but were infuriated by Chinas imprisonment, torture and death of British, French and Indian negotiators. At the same time, the British and French also helped the empire to battle rebels and to pocket port and harbour dues. They steered carefully between their political and trading demands, and navigated the danger that undue stress would make Chinas fragile government and empire fall apart. If it did, there would be no one to make any kind of agreement with; much of East Asia would be in chaos and Russian power would soon expand. Battle for Beijing, 18581860 offers fresh insights into the reasons behind the actions and strategies of British authorities, both at home and in China, and the British and French military commanders. It goes against the widely accepted views surrounding the Franco-British conflict, proposing a bold new argument and perspective.

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Harry Gelber has spent a number of years teaching and carrying out research at Monash University, Australia, the University of Melbourne, Australia, University of London, UK, Harvard University, USA, and Boston University, USA. He has published a number of books, most recently The Dragon and the Foreign Devils (2008).

1. Prologue.- 2. The Opium Issue.- 3. The Canton problem.- 4. Tianjin.- 5. Recovery.- 6. Interlude in Shanghai.- 7. Dagu and Tianjin again. - 8. Final Battles.- 9. Beijing, and triumph.- 10. Departures.- 11. Hindsight and Aftermath.