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Revolutionary Voices from the End of the Qing Dynasty
Season 1 Episode 10
In this episode, we explore some of the major voices of revolution from the decade preceding the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912: Zou Rong, Qiu Jin and Sun Yat-sen [Sun Zhongshan].
Some names from thi…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
The Boxer Uprising of 1900
Season 1 Episode 9
In the face of foreign aggression and natural disaster, masses of Chinese people turn to traditional folk religion and martial arts to attempt to throw out the imperialists.
A couple sources for readi…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Kang Youwei and the Hundred Days Reform
Season 1 Episode 8
In the wake of the Sino-Japanese War, Kang Youwei works with the Guangxu Emperor to try to replicate Japan's Meiji reforms, before being crushed by Cixi and other Manchu conservatives.
At the beginnin…
Published on 6 years ago
Losing the Tributaries: The Sino-French and Sino-Japanese Wars in Vietnam and Korea
Season 1 Episode 7
In this episode we do some Q&A and then cover the Sino-French War of 1884-1885 and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
A couple names from this episode:
Emperor Qianlong: ruled China from 1735 to 1799
L…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Book Review of The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes
Season 1 Episode 6
A review of the new book about the civil war in Peru, The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes, by Orin Starn and Miguel La Serna. This book is the first history of the Shining Pa…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
The Self-Strengthening Movement: Too Little Too Late?
Season 1 Episode 5
This episode focuses on the 1862-1895 period, when the Empress Dowager Cixi ruled and reformers tried to make China strong enough to stand up to foreign powers by modernizing the military and promoti…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
The Second Opium War and the End of the Taiping Civil War
Season 1 Episode 4
The episode wraps up the events of the Taiping Revolution (1850-1864) and also deals with the events and outcome of the Second Opium War (1856-1860). The Qing Dynasty is weakened and the British, Fre…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
The Taiping Revolution
Season 1 Episode 3
The strange story of Christian peasant revolutionaries in 19th century China. This episode is about the origins and early years of the Taiping Revolution (1850-1864). Both the early Nationalist revol…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
The Opium War and the Beginning of China's Century of Humiliation
Season 1 Episode 2
This is the first of several episodes which will give broad historical background for our upcoming discussion of the Chinese Revolution and the international spread of ideas related to the Chinese Re…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Introducing the People's History of Ideas Podcast
Season 1 Episode 1
This is a short episode just introducing you to the podcast. Matthew Rothwell is your host. The theme is the history of revolutionary ideas, starting with background to the Chinese Revolution.
For Dr.…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago