Captured glimpses of modernity and war in late Qing China

Aglaia De Angeli

doi:10.36253/979-12-215-0242-8

Captured glimpses of modernity and war in late Qing China

Aglaia De Angeli

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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Abstract

This chapter evaluates the role of photography in witnessing the modernising
process in China during the late Qing period and conflicts which stemmed from it. The camera, introduced in China during the First Opium War (1839-1842), allowed Western eyes to record the establishment of trade routes and associated facilities. The photos examined here were taken immediately before and during the Russo-Japanese War. The photographs appear to have been focusing on technological developments in trade infrastructure, but they also captured the conspicuous Japanese and Russian military presence. Consequently, the photographs reveal the Western role in the «development» of China by its incorporation into global trading networks and violent conflicts fought over control of this infrastructure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	East and West entangled (17th-21st Centuries)
Editors	Rolando Minuti, Giovanni Tarantino
Place of Publication	Florence
Publisher	Florence University Press
Pages	137-158
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9791221502435
ISBN (Print)	9791221502411
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0242-8
Publication status	Published - 2023

Publication series

Name	Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History
Publisher	Firenze University Press
ISSN (Print)	2975-0393
ISSN (Electronic)	2975-0261

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Keywords

photography
China
Russo-Japanese War
infrastructure
trade

ASJC Scopus subject areas

History

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East and West entangled (17th-21st Centuries). ed. / Rolando Minuti; Giovanni Tarantino. 1. ed. Florence: Florence University Press, 2023. p. 137-158 (Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History).

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