Title

• A sketch of Chinese history

Creator

• Pott, F. L. Hawks (Francis Lister Hawks), 1864-1947

Date

• 1903

Subject

• China -- History

Tag

• History

Description

• Notes: Includes index

Table Of Contents

• Contents
  I. Introduction p.1
  Division I. The conquest of China by the Chinese (B.C. 2852-206)
  II. The mythical and legendary periods (B.C. 2852-1766) p.7
  III. Epoch of the development of tribal chieftains into emperors (B.C. 1766-1122) p.18
  IV. The feudal period (B.C. 1122-255) p.23
  V. The period of centralization (B.C. 221-206) p.30
  Division II. The first struggle with the Tartars (B.C. 206-A.D. 589)
  VI. The Han dynasty, also styled the former or Western Han (B.C. 206-A.D. 23) p.34
  VII. The later or Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25-220) p.41
  VIII. The period of disunion at the close of the Han dynasty (A.D. 214-223) p.46
  IX. Division of the Empire between the Tartars in the north and the Chinese in the south (A.D. 223-589) p.50
  Division III. The second struggle with the Tartars (A.D. 589-1644)
  X. The period of reconsolidation (A.D. 589-907) p.57
  XI. The epoch of the five dynasties (A.D. 907-960) p.68
  XII. TThe division of the Empire between the Kins (Tartars) in the north and the Sungs (Chinese) in the south (A.D. 960-1280) p.71
  XIII. The Yuan dynasty (A.D. 1280-1368) p.84
  XIV. China under the Chinese. Restoration of a Chinese Dynasty, the Ming (A.D. 1368-1644) p.91
  XV. The period of the Manchu conquest (A.D. 1644-1662) p.102
  Division IV. The struggle between Chinese and Western European nations (A.D. 1662-)
  XVI. The consolidation of the Manchu Empire under K'ang Hsi (A.D. 1662-1723) p.106
  XVII. Attempts on the part of Western powers to open diplomatic and commercial relations with China p.114
  XVIII. The first war between China and Great Britain (A.D. 1840-1843) p.125
  XIX. The first stage of the T'ai-ping rebellion (A.D. 1850-1860) p.138
  XX. The second war between China and Great Britain (A.D. 1856-1860) p.143
  XXI. The second stage of the T'ai-ping rebellion (A.D. 1860-1864) p.158
  XXII. Important events succeeding the suppression of the rebellion (A.D. 1867-1882) p.166
  XXIII. The war with France and succeeding events (A.D. 1884-1894) p.178
  XXIV. The war with Japan (A.D. 1894-1895) p.184
  XXV. Recent events in China (A.D. 1895-) p.191

Publisher

• Kelly & Walsh

Source

• This eBook is digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library from the Special Collections

Resource Type

• Book

Format

• image/jpeg

Extent

• Source format: x, 206 p., [xi] -xix : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

• This eBook: 247 p.

Language

• English

Rights

• In Copyright

Identifier

• Call No.: DS735 .P86 1903

• Barcode: 0000803871359