All Outputs (7)

The State as the Celestial: Roots of Statism in Modern China, 1820-1893 (2023)
Thesis
Lu, J. The State as the Celestial: Roots of Statism in Modern China, 1820-1893. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis aims to overcome the essentialist conception of Chinese politics as inherently authoritarian, the modernist view of statism as representing a rupture in Chinese political culture, and the teleological reconstruction of modern Chinese hist... Read More about The State as the Celestial: Roots of Statism in Modern China, 1820-1893.

War and Postal Communication in Republican China (2023)
Thesis
Chen, L.-C. War and Postal Communication in Republican China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores why and how the postal service continued to service the public in unfortunate conditions when China was involved in conflicts and wars in the Republican era. It discusses the national and international transformation and maintena... Read More about War and Postal Communication in Republican China.

The Xiyang People in the Early Qing Empire, 1644-1724 (2022)
Thesis
Kang, W. The Xiyang People in the Early Qing Empire, 1644-1724. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The aim of this dissertation is to grasp the status and significance of the Xiyang people (the people referred to using the ethnonym ‘Xiyang’) in the context of the early Qing Empire beyond the East (China)-West (Europe) or foreign relations framewor... Read More about The Xiyang People in the Early Qing Empire, 1644-1724.

Beyond violence: Commodity, nature and the expansion of a global market in late imperial south-eastern Mongolia (2022)
Thesis
Shan, S. Beyond violence: Commodity, nature and the expansion of a global market in late imperial south-eastern Mongolia. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In the winter of 1891, a bloody storm swept the south-eastern region of Mongolia, which had provided a home for Mongols, Manchus and Han Chinese over the preceding two centuries. Followers of heterodox sects attacked local Mongol settlements and Chri... Read More about Beyond violence: Commodity, nature and the expansion of a global market in late imperial south-eastern Mongolia.

Cartooning China in the Victorian era : Punch, power and persuasion (2019)
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Matthewson, A. Cartooning China in the Victorian era : Punch, power and persuasion. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The late Qing Xinzheng (new policies) reforms in Mongolia, 1901-1911 (2017)
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Yee, K. Y. The late Qing Xinzheng (new policies) reforms in Mongolia, 1901-1911. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Between worlds : Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, 1970-2005 (2016)
Thesis
Lee, S. S. Y. Between worlds : Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, 1970-2005. (Thesis). SOAS University of London