Imperial Twilight读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | None页 | 2020 |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 95.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2020-10-30 … | 20 |
When Britain declared war on China in 1839, it sealed the fate of what had been, for centuries, the wealthiest and most powerful empire in the world. But local corruption, popular uprisings, and dwindling finances had left the country much weaker than was commonly understood and the war set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty which, in turn, would lead to the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century. Imperial Twilight is the dramatic, epic story of the decades leading up to the war. Award-winning historian Stephen Platt recounts the first efforts by the British government to "open" China to trade--Western missionaries and traders venturing to the still mysterious empire while the Chinese emperor and officials struggled to manage their country's decline--and makes clear how the profits from opium ultimately lead to the war. Given the growing uncertainty in current relations between China and the West, the riveting history recounted in Imperial Twilight has important implications for the world today.
作者简介史蒂芬．普拉特Stephen R. Platt
耶魯大學中國史博士，博士論文獲頒瑟隆．費爾德獎（Theron Rockwell Field Prize）。目前是美國阿姆赫斯特麻塞諸塞大學歷史系教授，著有《太平天國之秋》（Autum in the Heavenly Kindom）、《湖南人與現代中國》（Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China）等書。他大學時主修英語，因此大學畢業後以雅禮協會老師的身分在湖南待了兩年。他的研究得到傅爾布萊特計畫、國家人文基金會、蔣經國基金會支持。目前與妻女住在麻塞諸塞州的格林費爾德。
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政治大學外交系畢，專職翻譯，譯有《湖南人與現代中國》、《太平天國之秋》、《非典型法國》、《戰後歐洲六十年》、《維梅爾的帽子》、《大探險家》、《帖木兒之後》、《成吉...
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