I DEDICATE THIS SHORT HISTORY OF CHINA TO SIR HALLIDAY
CONTENTS CHAP. I. THE EARLY AGES II. THE FIRST NATIONAL DYNASTY
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I THE EARLY AGES
CHAPTER II THE FIRST NATIONAL DYNASTY
CHAPTER III A LONG PERIOD OF DISUNION
CHAPTER IV THE SUNGS AND THE KINS
CHAPTER V THE MONGOL CONQUEST OF CHINA
CHAPTER VI KUBLAI AND THE MONGOL DYNASTY
CHAPTER VII THE MING DYNASTY
CHAPTER VIII THE DECLINE OP THE MINGS
CHAPTER IX THE MANCHU CONQUEST OF CHINA
CHAPTER X THE FIRST MANCHU RULER
CHAPTER XI THE EMPEROR KANGHI
CHAPTER XII A SHORT REIGN AND THE BEGINNING OF A LONG ONE
CHAPTER XIII KEEN LUNG'S WARS AND CONQUESTS
CHAPTER XIV THE COMMENCEMENT OF EUROPEAN INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER XV THE DECLINE OF THE MANCHUS
CHAPTER XVI THE EMPEROR TAOUKWANG
CHAPTER XVII THE FIRST FOREIGN WAR
CHAPTER XVIII TAOUKWANG AND HIS SUCCESSOR
CHAPTER XXI THE REGENCY
CHAPTER XXII THE REIGN OF KWANGSU
THE WAR WITH JAPAN AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
THE FUTURE OF CHINA
Title: China
Author: Demetrius Charles Boulger
Edition: 10
Language: English
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