Manchuria: A Concise History

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As the home of the Manchu people, Manchuria has had a huge impact on the history of the modern world – whether through the Manchu emperors, a dynasty which only collapsed after WWI, the interactions between Russia and China in the 20th Century or the invasion of Manchuria by Japan during the Second World War. Mark Gamsa seeks to re-orientate the history of the East around Manchuria – a region with much to offer for scholars of Russia, China and the East. Cover page Halftitle page Frontispiece Title page Copyright page Contents List of Illustrations Part One INTRODUCTION Manchuria and a Regional Approach to Chinese History Notes 1 The Ethnic Mosaic of the Northeast Frontier tribes Notes 2 The ‘Rise of the Manchus’ and Their Later Fortunes The Willow Palisade and segregation of Manchuria Han settlement and exile How the Manchu people disappeared, but reappeared again Notes 3 Russian Expansion into Asia and the Way to the Treaty of Nerchinsk Notes 4 Qing–Russian Relations in the Eighteenth Century Notes 5 The Treaties of Aigun and Peking (1858–60) Notes 6 From the First Sino-Japanese War to the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria Interlude: The Boxers The Russo-Japanese War Wartime damages to Manchuria and the missing Chinese perspective Notes 7 The Chinese Eastern Railway Russian–Chinese Harbin Notes 8 The Japanese Sphere of Influence and the South Manchuria Railway Notes 9 Chinese Migrant Society in the Northeast Notes 10 Manchuria in the 1920s, Banditry and Warlord Rule Banditry The Northeast warlords – Zhang Zuolin (1875–1928) Notes 11 The Manchukuo State: Resistance and Collaboration, 1932–45 Chinese labour and Japanese settlers in Manchukuo Resistance Collaboration The Russians and Jews under Manchukuo rule Ideology and propaganda City-building and administration War crimes Notes 12 Soviet Occupation, Civil War and Communist Victory, 1945–9 Civil war renewed After Communist victory Notes 13 The Northeast through Literature Russian literature in Manchuria Notes 14 The Northeast under Mao Industrialization achieved and a border war with the Soviet Union averted The border tensions of 1969 Notes 15 The Northeast after Mao The ‘rust belt’ and Dongbei identity Notes Part Two 16 History and Geography: Heilongjiang Notes 17 History and Geography: Jilin The Changbaishan The Korean connection in Jilin The ‘history wars’ Changchun and other Jilin cities Notes 18 History and Geography: Liaoning Mukden / Shenyang Dalian and Lüshunkou Smaller cities in Liaoning Notes 19 The Mongol Component in Manchuria Hohhot and ‘Xanadu’ The Mongols and the Qing The Mongols and Russia The Mongols and Japan The Mongols and the PRC Owen Lattimore Notes 20 Jehol / Rehe / Chengde: The Perspective of ‘New Qing History’ Chengde and ‘New Qing History’ Notes Select Bibliography Index