Power and politics in late Imperial China : Yuan Shi-kai in Beijing and Tianjin, 1901-1908 / Stephen R. MacKinnon.
| Author/creator | MacKinnon, Stephen R. author. |
| Other author | University of California, Berkeley. Center for Chinese Studies. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, [1980] |
| Description | xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | YUAN SKI-KAI'S RISE TO POWER. Early career ; The influence of the foreign powers ; Yuan Shi-kai's military power in 1901 ; Court politics and the empress dowager -- STABILIZING ZHILI: YUAN SHI-KAI'S FIRST YEARS AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL, 1901-1903. Negotiating the withdrawal of foreign troops ; Military rivalry and the suppression of peasant insurgents ; Financial difficulties -- YUAN SHI-KAI'S DOMINATION OF COURT POLITICS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN BEIJING, 1903-1907. The triangular relationship: Yuan Shi-kai, Empress Dowager Ci-xi, and Prince Qing ; Yuan Shi-kai and the powers ; Yuan as a central government official ; Intrigue in the Grand council and the 1907 challenge to the power of Yuan and Prince Qing -- YUAN SHI-KAI AND BEIYANG ARMY, 1901-1907. The Beiyang army: its development and organizational structure ; Beijing's financial and administrative control of the Beiyang army ; Beiyang officers and the problem of personal loyalties -- REFORM AND THE EXERCISE OF POWER IN ZHILI, 1901-1907. Educational reform ; police reform ; Economic reform -- YUAN SHI-KAI AS GRAND COUNCILLOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER IN BEIJING, 1907-1908. Yuan and the powers ; Yuan's continuing domination of politics and the bureaucracy in Beijing and North China ; Yuan's continuing influence in military affairs and his relationship to the Beiyang army -- EPILOGUE: YUAN SHI-KAI'S FALL FROM POWER. Conclusion ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index. |
| General note | "This volume is sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index. |
| Digital Bookplate | Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare copy Gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: MacKinnon, Stephen R. Power and politics in late Imperial China. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1980 |
| Genre/form | Yüan Shih-k'ai. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 80015779 |
| ISBN | 0520040252 |
| ISBN | 9780520040250 |