The Peking gazette : : a reader in nineteenth-century Chinese history / / by Lane J. Harris.

• Author: Harris, Lane J.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 pages)
• Notes: "Scholarly introductions to thematic chapters of translated primary sources from the government gazette of the Qing Empire"--Publisher summary.; Includes index.

In The Peking Gazette: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Chinese History , Lane J. Harris offers an innovative text covering the extraordinary ruptures and remarkable continuities in the history of China’s long nineteenth century (1793-1912) by providing scholarly introductions to thematic chapters of translated primary sources from the government gazette of the Qing Empire. The Peking Gazette is a unique collection of primary sources designed to help readers explore and understand the policies and attitudes of the Manchu emperors, the ideas and perspectives of Han officials, and the mentality and worldviews of several hundred million Han, Mongol, Manchu, Muslim, and Tibetan subjects of the Great Qing Empire as they discussed and debated the most important political, social, and cultural events of the long nineteenth century. This volume is related to the primary source database compiled by the author entitled Translations of the Peking Gazette Online and produced by Brill (2017). For a video with explanation by the author, visit Brill's YouTube channel

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Qing Reign Periods -- Terms of Measurement, Units of Currency, and Bureaucratic Titles -- Introduction -- The Macartney Audience, 1793* -- The Last Will and Testament of the Qianlong Emperor, 1799 -- The Case against Heshen, 1799 -- The Downfall of a Governor-General in the White Lotus Rebellion, 1800 -- The Eight Trigrams Rebellion, 1813 -- An English Barbarian Ship, 1832 -- The Opium Debate, 1836 -- The Opium War, 1839–1842 -- Surviving the Taiping Rebellion, 1850–1864 -- The Coup d’état of 1861 -- End of the Miao Rebellions, 1872 -- The Incredible Famine, 1876–1879 -- Imperial Rainmaking Practices, 1875–1879 -- The Dalai Lama and the Qing Empire, 1879–1910 -- Crime and Punishment -- Honoring Old Age -- Honoring the Gods -- The Cult of Female Chastity -- “True Stories” of Filial Piety -- “Tribute” Missions to the Qing Empire -- The Making of Taiwan Province, 1872–1887 -- The Sino-French War, 1884–1885 -- Anti-Missionary Violence, 1891–1899 -- The Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895 -- The Hundred Days’ Reforms, 1898 -- The Return of the Empress Dowager Cixi, 1898 -- The Boxer Uprising, 1899–1900 -- New Policies Reforms, 1901–1911 -- The 1911 Revolution -- The Abdication, 1912.