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“THE AWAKENING OF CHINA” 1907 BOOK

October 26, 2008 at 10:44 am | Posted in Books, China, Development, History | Leave a comment

The Awakening of China 1907

By W. A. P. MARTIN, D.D. LL.D 1827-1916

(William Alexander Parsons)

Formerly President of the Chinese Imperial University

Author of “A Cycle of Cathay,” “The Siege

in Peking,” “The Lore of Cathay,” etc.

“China is the theatre of the greatest movement now taking place on the face of the globe.”

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PREFACE

China is the theatre of the greatest movement now taking place on the face of the globe.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I

THE EMPIRE IN OUTLINE

I. China Proper

II. A Journey Through the Provinces–Kwangtung and Kwangsi

III. Fukien

IV. Chéhkiang

V. Kiangsu

VI. Shantung

VII. Chihli

VIII. Honan

IX. The River Provinces–Hupeh, Hunan, Anhwei, Kiangsi

X. Provinces of the Upper Yang-tse–Szechuen, Kweichau, Yunnan

XI. Northwestern Provinces–Shansi, Shensi, Kansuh

XII. Outlying Territories–Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, Tibet

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PART II

HISTORY IN OUTLINE, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

XIII. Origin of the Chinese

XIV. The Mythical Period

XV. The Three Dynasties

XVI. House of Chou

XVII. The Sages of China

XVIII. The Warring States

XIX. House of Ts’in

XX. House of Han

XXI. The Three Kingdoms

XXII. The Tang Dynasty

XXIII. The Sung Dynasty

XXIV. The Yuen Dynasty

XXV. The Ming Dynasty

XXVI. The Ta-Ts’ing Dynasty

PART III

CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION

XXVII. The Opening of China, a Drama in Five Acts–God in

History–Prologue

ACT 1–The Opium War

(Note on the Tai-ping Rebellion)

ACT 2–The “Arrow” War

ACT 3–War with France

ACT 4–War with Japan

ACT 5–The Boxer War

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XXVIII. The Russo-Japanese War

XXIX. Reform in China

XXX. Viceroy Chang

XXXI. Anti-foreign Agitation

XXII. The Manchus, the Normans of China

APPENDIX

I. The Agency of Missionaries in the Diffusion of Secular

Knowledge in China

II. Unmentioned Reforms

III. A New Opium War

INDEX

The Awakening of China 1907