China’s Struggle for Naval Development, 1839–1895 / / John L. Rawlinson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Rawlinson, John L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Series ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (318 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- I. THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE WATER FORCE AND ITS FAILURE IN THE OPIUM WAR -- II. CHINA’S DELAYED RESPONSE TO THE WESTERN NAVAL CHALLENGE -- III. THE MILITARY SELF-STRENGTHENING MOVEMENT, TO 1875 -- IV. LI HUNG-CHANG AND NAVAL DEVELOPMENT, 1875–1885 -- V. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROBLEMS IN THE MILITARY BUILDING EFFORT, 1875–1884 -- VI. DISASTER IN THE SOUTH: THE CHINESE NAVY IN THE SINO-FRENCH WAR, 1884–1885 -- VII. NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1885: THE EMERGENCE OF THE PEIYANG FLEET -- VIII. NAVAL TRAINING, 1885–1894 -- IX. DISASTER IN THE NORTH: NAVAL ASPECTS OF THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894–1895 -- X. CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES. APPENDICES. BIBLIOGRAPHY. GLOSSARY -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- NOTES -- APPENDIX A. TABLE OF ORGANIZATION -- APPENDIX B. TABLE OF OFFICER RANKS -- APPENDIX C. LIST OF SHIPS, 1860–1895 -- APPENDIX D. CHINESE PERSONAL NAMES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND TITLES -- INDEX