The History of Manchuria, 1840-1948 : : A Sino-Russo-Japanese Triangle / / Ian Nish.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Nish, Ian,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Renaissance Books Asia Pacific Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (736 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Name Conventions
• Boundaries of Fengtien Province of China (1895-1945)
• List of Abbreviations
• Major battles of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05
• List of Maps
• Railways and railway plans for Korea and North China, December 1927
• VOLUME I: Historical Narrative
• 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
• Front Matter 2
• Contents VOLUME 2
• VOLUME 2 : SELECT PRIMARY SOURCES
• Chapter 1: 1840–1894
• Chapter 2: 1895–1899
• Chapter 3: 1900–1905
• Chapter 4: 1905–1914
• Chapter 5: 1915–1922
• Chapter 6: 1922–1928
• Chapter 7: 1929–1931
• Chapter 8: 1931–1932
• Chapter 9: 1933–1937
• Chapter 10: 1938–1948
• Appendix