Geography in Late Qing under the Turbulent Western Tide

Author: Guo Shuanglin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Supported by the Beijing Social Science Theory Book Publishing Fund: This book systematically reviews the spread of Western geography in China from the Daoguang to Guangxu period, the evolution of traditional Chinese geography, the emergence of modern scientific geography, and the social and cultural functions of geography under the political and social context of internal and external crises in the late Qing Dynasty. It places the development and changes of late Qing geography within the broader historical context of the introduction of Western learning and the deepening national crisis, exploring the interactive relationships among the three.