A condensed version of Boulger’s 2-vol set on the history of China. By the same author who wrote The Life of Sir Stamford Raffles, still considered one of the most comprehensive biographies of Raffles.
Contents:
- The Early Ages
- The First National Dynasty
- A Long Period of Disunion
- The Sungs and the Kins
- the Mongol Conquest of China
- Kublai and the Mongol Dynasty
- The Ming Dynasty
- The Decline of the Mings
- The Manchu Conquest of China
- The First Manchu Ruler
- The Emperor Kanghi
- A Short Reign and the Beginning of a Long One
- Keen Lung’s War and Conquests
- The Commencement of European Intercourse
- The Decline of the Manchus
- The Emperor Taoukwang
- The First Foreign War
- Taoukwang and His Successor
- The Second Foreign War
- The Taeping Rebellion
- The Regency
- The Reign of Kwangsu
- The War with Japan and Subsequent Events
- The Future of China
