China: From the Great Qing Empire to the People's Republic of China (1644-2009), vol. 2 [2] 1603842047, 9781603842044

Ancient China: From the Beginnings to the Empire

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China from Empire to Nation-State 9780674736306

This translation of the introduction to Wang Hui’s Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004) makes part of his four-volume m

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The Culture of War in China: Empire and the Military Under the Qing Dynasty 9780755624010, 9781845111595

What particularly distinguished the Qing from other ruling houses in China's imperial period? In this pathbreaking

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Code, Custom, and Legal Practice in China: The Qing and the Republic Compared 9780804764575

Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chi

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Code, Custom, and Legal Practice in China: The Qing and the Republic Compared 0804741107, 9780804741101

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China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia 9780674042025

Perdue illuminates how China came to rule Central Eurasia and how it justifies that control, what holds the Chinese nati

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Our Great Qing: The Mongols, Buddhism, and the State in Late Imperial China 9780824863814

"In a sweeping overview of four centuries of Mongolian history that draws on previously untapped sources, Johan Elv

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China [2, 2]

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The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants [2]

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White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates: Crisis and Reform in the Qing Empire 9780674726611

The reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820 CE) has occupied an awkward position in studies of China's last dynasty, th

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