China's Last Empire The Great Qing

Name: China's Last Empire The Great Qing
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ISBN: 9780674066243

ISBN-10: 0674066243

ISBN-13: 9780674066243

Edition: 2009

Authors: William T. Rowe, Timothy Brook

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In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West.The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, though many of their social edicts—especially the requirement that ethnic Han men wear queues—were fiercely resisted. As advocates of a “universal” empire, Qing rulers also achieved an enormous expansion of the Chinese realm over the course of three centuries, including the conquest and incorporation of Turkic and Tibetan peoples in the west, vast…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

William T. Rowe is John and Diane Cooke Professor of Chinese History at Johns Hopkins University.

Timothy Brook is Professor of History and Republic of China Chair at the University of British Columbia.



Introduction



Conquest



Governance



High Qing



Society



Commerce



Crises



Rebellion



Restoration



Imperialism



Revolution


Conclusion


Emperors and Dynasties


Pronunciation Guide


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index