HILD 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: White Lotus Rebellion, Taiping Rebellion, Heshen
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The opium war, 1839-1841: late qing, mid 19thc-1911. Lecture outline: qing dynasty on the decline, the 19th century crises: internal and external, opium war, treaty of nanjing. Large population: a source of social instability. Too many people trying to live on too little resources. Some men couldn"t even afford to get married; called bare stick". Many moved to the borders or overseas to make a living; mountainous regions. Even with the increase in population, size of gov"t didn"t increase. Not much money invested in governing the nation. Insufficient to manning the gov"t when so few in numbers. Qianlong infatuated with a palace guard (heshen) Heshen"s property was equivalent to the imperial palace. The nineteenth century crises: internal and external. The image of china in the west. Portrayed china as such, fertile lands, etc. On the surface causes: opium and tea. The tributary system--saw themselves as the middle kingdom and the.
