China's Last Empire

China's Last Empire
Author: William T. Rowe
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-02-15
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ISBN: 0674054555


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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. This original, thought-provoking history of China's last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today.


China's Last Empire
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: William T. Rowe
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-02-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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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 t
China's Last Empire
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: William T. Rowe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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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 t
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Language: en
Pages: 536
Authors: Odd Arne Westad
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-28 - Publisher: Basic Books

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As the twenty-first century dawns, China stands at a crossroads. The largest and most populous country on earth and currently the world's second biggest economy
China’s Cosmopolitan Empire
Language: en
Pages: 367
Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The Tang dynasty is often called China’s “golden age,” a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gul
The Early Chinese Empires
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for i