This much-loved work was produced under the auspices of the Library of Congress, and published by the US Government Printing Office during W orld War II. Its contributors comprise the founders of the profession of Chinese history research and its teaching in the United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index

This much-loved work was produced under the auspices of the Library of Congress, and published by the US Government Printing Office during World War II. Its contributors comprise the founders of the profession of Chinese history research and its teaching in the United States. The 2016 Berkshire edition contains the original biographical sketches as well as its extensive front a...(展开全部)

《大开眼界•1644-1912清朝现场》是“历史现场三部曲”里的第一本。在中国历史上，清朝是个比较特殊的朝代，之所以特殊，是因为它的辉煌与落寞同在，而且贯穿始终。大清朝从奋斗到成功，从挣扎到反思，从孤芳自赏到面对现实，在悠悠岁月之中，它 时而矫健如飞，时而迂回往复，时而步履蹒跚地走过了268年的历史。在这268年中，它一直是矛盾的：“康乾盛世”的辉煌，一直为人们所乐道，这是王朝自强不息、努力奋争的结果，但它也会纠结于满、汉的相斥与相融，有过“留头不留发，留发不留头”的痛苦往昔；而被零割欺侮的阵痛，至今氤氲不散，则是外力强加、内力激荡后的落寞，但它也从没放弃过努力，尽管这种努力有着太多的羁绊和束缚。正是各种矛盾的交集，让大清朝显得特别忧郁，也让后人在感官上有着许多误解。如今，不应该让这种误解再继续下去。 除正史外，《大开眼界•1644-1912清朝现场...(展开全部)

This pioneering work in the field of Overseas Chinese Studies provides a clear and coherent picture of China's overseas Chinese policy during the last years of the Ch'ing dynasty.

Marston Anderson is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University.

Dust jacket notes: "The breakdown of the monarchic system and the success of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 was due largely to the growth of semi-private armies and the rise of the militarists to a position that enabled them to seize power. The basic objectives of this study are twofold: first, to portray the weaknesses of the traditional armed forces - as evidenced by their fa...(展开全部)

Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most important contribution to the study of their country's philosophy. In 1952 the book was published by Princeton University Press in an English translation by the distinguished scholar of Chinese history, Derk Bodde, "the dedicated translator of Fung Yu-lan's huge h...(展开全部)