Luke Kwong
Biographic Data
| ID | 8495158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luke Kwong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luke |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwong |
| SIGNATURE | KWONG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor Emeritus, History Department, University of Lethbridge Alberta Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Profile of a Chinese Nationalist
When the Chinese historian Dīng Zéliáng denounced Timothy Richard (1845–1919) of the English Baptist Mission to be an agent of British imperialism, he voiced an opinion seldom found in Western literature on late Qīng China. Dīng discovered “evidence” in newly released Foreign Office files at the Public Record Office in London, England, pertaining to Richard’s attempt during the first Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) to coax two powerful Qīng officia…
Twelve days in the career of a China missionary
This article proposes to examine an obscure episode in the long career of the well-known Welsh Baptist missionary Timothy Richard, who went to China in 1870 and spent most of the next 45 years there. Richard attended the second general Protestant Missionary Conference in Shanghai in 1890 and served on committees, spoke at meetings, and presented a paper. The information available, though scanty, confirms key components of his approach to mission …
Self and Society in Modern China
T'an Ssu-t'ung, 1865-1898
The first full-length study in English on T'an Ssu-t'ung, a well-known scholar-reformer in late-Ch'ing China. Based on a rich variety of primary sources, it traces T'an's progress from his early years to his summary execution during the palace coup in 1898. The Introduction explains the premises and sources pertinent to this study, while the Epilogue provides an overall interpretation of T'an's life. The remaining eight chapters are organized in …
A Mosaic of the Hundred Days
This analysis of the interplay among people and of events leading up to the reform acts of 1898--the Hundred Days--and their abrupt termination presents a new interpretation of the late Ch'ing political scene. The Emperor, the Empress-Dowager, and high-court personalities are followed through the maze of motives and relationships that characterized the power structure in Peking.Of special interest is Kwong's treatment of K'ang-Yu-Wei, often viewe…
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A Mosaic of the Hundred Days
This analysis of the interplay among people and of events leading up to the reform acts of 1898--the Hundred Days--and their abrupt termination presents a new interpretation of the late Ch'ing political scene. The Emperor, the Empress-Dowager, and high-court personalities are followed through the maze of motives and relationships that characterized the power structure in Peking.Of special interest is Kwong's treatment of K'ang-Yu-Wei, often viewe…
T'an Ssu-t'ung, 1865-1898
The first full-length study in English on T'an Ssu-t'ung, a well-known scholar-reformer in late-Ch'ing China. Based on a rich variety of primary sources, it traces T'an's progress from his early years to his summary execution during the palace coup in 1898. The Introduction explains the premises and sources pertinent to this study, while the Epilogue provides an overall interpretation of T'an's life. The remaining eight chapters are organized in …
Self and Society in Modern China
Twelve days in the career of a China missionary
This article proposes to examine an obscure episode in the long career of the well-known Welsh Baptist missionary Timothy Richard, who went to China in 1870 and spent most of the next 45 years there. Richard attended the second general Protestant Missionary Conference in Shanghai in 1890 and served on committees, spoke at meetings, and presented a paper. The information available, though scanty, confirms key components of his approach to mission …
Profile of a Chinese Nationalist
When the Chinese historian Dīng Zéliáng denounced Timothy Richard (1845–1919) of the English Baptist Mission to be an agent of British imperialism, he voiced an opinion seldom found in Western literature on late Qīng China. Dīng discovered “evidence” in newly released Foreign Office files at the Public Record Office in London, England, pertaining to Richard’s attempt during the first Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) to coax two powerful Qīng officia…
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