Song‐chuan Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4798739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Song‐chuan Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Song‐chuan |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9590-9054 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hao Gao, Creating the Opium War
Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain
Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: the story of a secret brotherhood in rural China, 1939–1949." Social History, 43(4), pp. 556–557
The Power of Ancestors
Shanghai was among the first five treaty ports to be opened to Europeans by the Treaty of Nanking, signed after the Qing Empire (1644–1911) was defeated by the British in the First Opium War (1839–42). A wall poster from the early 1850s, currently in the collection of the Cambridge University Library, gives a rare glimpse of how people in Shanghai reacted to the arrival of foreign powers: To the households who have farmland or graves outside the …
Merchants of War and Peace
This book challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between ‘progressive’ Britain and ‘backward’ China. Instead, it argues that the war was triggered by a group of British merchants in the Chinese port of Canton in the 1830s, known as the ‘Warlike Party’. Living in a period when British knowledge of …
Shame on You
This article examines the anti-French campaign triggered by the Laoxikai incident — a dispute in 1916–17 over lands bordering the French concession in Tianjin. The incident was a focal point for competing narratives of the nation, each drawing on traditions and inspirations that implied divergent futures for China. Constitutional monarchism, true monarchism, republicanism, and Christianity all played into the power struggles of the 1910s. This ar…
An Information War Waged by Merchants and Missionaries at Canton
This paper explores the efforts and impact of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China (1834-1839), which existed during the five years before the First Opium War. It contends that the Society represented a third form of British engagement with the Chinese, alongside the diplomatic attempts of 1793 and 1816, and the military conflict of 1839-1842. The Society waged an 'information war' to penetrate the information barrier that t…
An Information War Waged by Merchants and Missionaries at Canton
This paper explores the efforts and impact of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China (1834-1839), which existed during the five years before the First Opium War. It contends that the Society represented a third form of British engagement with the Chinese, alongside the diplomatic attempts of 1793 and 1816, and the military conflict of 1839-1842. The Society waged an 'information war' to penetrate the information barrier that t…
Shame on You
This article examines the anti-French campaign triggered by the Laoxikai incident — a dispute in 1916–17 over lands bordering the French concession in Tianjin. The incident was a focal point for competing narratives of the nation, each drawing on traditions and inspirations that implied divergent futures for China. Constitutional monarchism, true monarchism, republicanism, and Christianity all played into the power struggles of the 1910s. This ar…
An Information War Waged by Merchants and Missionaries at Canton
This paper explores the efforts and impact of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China (1834-1839), which existed during the five years before the First Opium War. It contends that the Society represented a third form of British engagement with the Chinese, alongside the diplomatic attempts of 1793 and 1816, and the military conflict of 1839-1842. The Society waged an 'information war' to penetrate the information barrier that t…
Merchants of War and Peace
This book challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between ‘progressive’ Britain and ‘backward’ China. Instead, it argues that the war was triggered by a group of British merchants in the Chinese port of Canton in the 1830s, known as the ‘Warlike Party’. Living in a period when British knowledge of …
Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain
Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: the story of a secret brotherhood in rural China, 1939–1949." Social History, 43(4), pp. 556–557
The Power of Ancestors
Shanghai was among the first five treaty ports to be opened to Europeans by the Treaty of Nanking, signed after the Qing Empire (1644–1911) was defeated by the British in the First Opium War (1839–42). A wall poster from the early 1850s, currently in the collection of the Cambridge University Library, gives a rare glimpse of how people in Shanghai reacted to the arrival of foreign powers: To the households who have farmland or graves outside the …
Hao Gao, Creating the Opium War
China (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works)