Enlightenment and unity: language reformism in late Qing China

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Issues concerning movements during the late Qing dynasty, in the last part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th, to invent a phonetic script for the Chinese language are examined. Topics include the relationship between linguistic reform and other political reforms, influence of Western languages and Protestant missionaries, and the relationship between language and nation building.

Language and languages, Language policy, Sociolinguistics, Spelling, Language and culture

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Qing connections to the early modern world: ethnography and cartography in eighteenth-century China

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The Qing dynasty, ruling China from 1644-1911, doubled the area governed by the Ming dynasty and incorporated 55 non-Chinese peoples into its empire. China's contact with the West dating from the 18th century shows it interacted with other world powers without being dominated by them.

18th century AD, Ethnology, Cartography

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Violence and ethnicity on a Qing colonial frontier: customary and statutory law in the eighteenth-century Miao Pale

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The development and the effects of the Qing expansion and Han Chinese colonization in the remote region of the Eastern Miao, is expressed. The process of legislation and the disagreements in the Qing central archives, with a logical proposal for the Miao dispute process is revealed.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Analysis, Colonization

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