Contents -- Preface -- A Long History of Feudal Society -- The East and the West -- Decline of the Qing Dynasty -- Rocked by Cannons -- The Tragedy and Comedy of the Taiping Kingdom -- Twelve Years After -- A Small Step towards Modernization -- The Evolution of Urban and Rural Society -- The Japanese Approaching -- Philosophy of Changeability and Immutability -- Gengzi Event and Xinchou Treaty -- Assault of the European and American Storms -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index
