Liu Hung-Chang and China's Early Modernization.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Map of Coastal China, Korea and Japan -- Part I. Introduction -- 1. The Beginnings of China's Modernization -- Part II. The Rise of Li Hung-chang -- 2. The Confucian as Patriot and Pragmatist: Li Hung-chang's Formative Years, 1823-1866 -- 3. Li Hung-chang in Chihli: The Emergence of a Policy, 1870-1875 -- Part III. Li in the Role of a National Official -- 4. Li Hung-chang and Shen Pao-chen: The Politics of Modernization -- 5. The Shanghai-Tientsin Connection: Li Hung-chang's Political Control over Shanghai -- 6. Li Hung-Chang's Use of Foreign Military Talent: The Formative Period, 1862-1874 -- Part IV. Li as Diplomat -- 7. The Aims of Li Hung-chang's Policies toward Japan and Korea, 1870-1882 -- 8. Li Hung-chang and the Liu-ch'iu (Ryukyu) Controversy, 1871-1881 -- 9. Li Hung-chang's Suzerain Policy toward Korea, 1882-1894 -- Part V. Li as Modernizer -- 10. Li Hung-chang and the Kiangnan Arsenal, 1860-1895 -- 11. Li Hung-chang and Modern Enterprise: The China Merchants' Company 1,872-1885 -- 12. Li Hung-chang and the Peiyang Navy -- Part VI. Conclusion and Bibliography -- 13. Li Hung-chang: An Assessment -- Glossary -- Index -- Photographs: -- Li Hung-chang at Tientsin, frontispiece. -- Ministers of the Navy Yamen,page 215. -- Li Hung-changin London,1896,page 215.

This is a study of Li Hung-chang which represents a collaboration of Li experts among Chinese and Western scholars. The biography examines the beginnings of China's modernisation; the Confucian as a patriot and pragmatist; his formative years, 1823-1866; and other aspects of his life.

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