A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020

 
A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020
Free Download Bruce A. Elleman, "A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020 "
English | ISBN: 0367685442 | 2021 | 294 pages | EPUB | 1517 KB
This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present. Beginning with a survey of naval developments in earlier imperial times, the book goes on to show how China has since the mid-19th century four times built or rebuilt its navy: after the Opium Wars, a navy which was sunk or captured by the Japanese in the war of 1894-1895; during the 1920s and 1930s, a navy again sunk or lost to Japan, in the war of 1937-1945; in the 1950s, a navy built with Soviet help, which stagnated following the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s; and finally the present navy which absorbed its predecessor, but with the most modern sections dating from the 1990s―a navy which continues to grow and prosper. The book also shows how the underlying strategic imperative for the Chinese navy has been the defense of China's coasts and major rivers; how naval mutiny was a key factor in the overthrow of the Qing and the Nationalist regimes; and how successive Chinese governments, aware of the potent threat of naval mutiny, have restricted the growth, independence, and capabilities of the navy. Overall, the book provides―at a time when many people in the West view China and its navy as a threat―a rich, detailed, and realistic assessment of the true nature of the Chinese navy and the contemporary factors that affect its development.


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The Industrial Worker, 1840-1860 The Reaction of American Industrial Society to the Advance of the Industrial Revolution

 
The Industrial Worker, 1840-1860 The Reaction of American Industrial Society to the Advance of the Industrial Revolution
Free Download Norman Ware, "The Industrial Worker, 1840-1860: The Reaction of American Industrial Society to the Advance of the Industrial Revolution"
English | 1990 | ISBN: 0929587251 | 280 pages | PDF (scan) | 16.6 MB
Besides the slavery issue, one of the major notes of American life in the years preceding the Civil War was created by the Industrial Revolution. It produced remarkable social and industrial upheavals which were repugnant to an astonishingly large numbers of Americans. Despite national prosperity, industrial workers suffered severe losses of economic status and independence; in protests grounded in religion and politics, they sought to hold on to what they had, and later to win material gains. Mr. Ware's illuminating book analyzes the conditions which brought on the Industrial Revolution, and traces and interprets the labor struggles that developed in response to the factory system.


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Tocqueville on America after 1840 Letters and Other Writings

 
Tocqueville on America after 1840 Letters and Other Writings
Aurelian Craiutu, "Tocqueville on America after 1840: Letters and Other Writings"
English | ISBN: 0521859557 | 2009 | 576 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has been recognized as an indispensable starting point for understanding American politics. From the publication of the second volume in 1840 until his death in 1859, Tocqueville continued to monitor political developments in America and committed many of his thoughts to paper in letters to his friends in America. He also made frequent references to America in many articles and speeches. Did Tocqueville change his views on America outlined in the two volumes of Democracy in America published in 1835 and 1840? If so, which of his views changed and why? The texts translated in Tocqueville on America after 1840: Letters and Other Writings answer these questions and offer English-speaking readers the possibility of familiarizing themselves with this unduly neglected part of Tocqueville's work. The book points out a clear shift in emphasis especially after 1852 and documents Tocqueville's growing disenchantment with America, triggered by such issues as political corruption, slavery, expansionism, and the encroachment of the economic sphere upon the political.


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British Satire, 1785-1840

 
British Satire, 1785-1840
John Strachan, "British Satire, 1785-1840 "
English | ISBN: 185196729X | 2003 | 2184 pages | PDF | 58 MB
This set offers a representitive collection of the verse satire of the Romantic period, published between the mid-1780s and the mid-1830s. As well as two single-author volumes, from William Gifford and Thomas Moore, there is also a wealth of rare, unedited material.


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Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940 Criminal justice in local and global context

 
Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940 Criminal justice in local and global context
Barry Godfrey, Graeme Dunstall, "Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940: Criminal justice in local and global context"
English | 2005 | pages: 268 | ISBN: 1843921073, 1843921081 | PDF | 5,5 mb
This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European world and beyond.


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