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China Marches West : The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia /
From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols, and brought all of modern Xinjiang and Mong...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2009]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names, Dates,Weights and Measures, and Chinese Characters
- Introduction
- Part one The Formation of the Central Eurasian States
- 1 Environments, State Building, and National Identity
- 2 The Ming, Muscovy, and Siberia, 1400-1600
- 3 Central Eurasian Interactions and the Rise of the Manchus, 1600-1670
- Part Two Contending for Power
- 4 Manchus, Mongols, and Russians in Conflict, 1670-1690
- 5 Eating Snow: The End of Galdan, 1690-1697
- 6 Imperial Overreach and Zunghar Survival, 1700-1731
- 7 The Final Blows, 1734-1771
- Part Three The Economic Basis of Empire
- 8 Cannons on Camelback: Ecological Structures and Economic Conjunctures
- 9 Land Settlement and Military Colonies
- 10 Harvests and Relief
- 11 Currency and Commerce
- Part Four Fixing Frontiers
- 12 Moving through the Land
- 13 Marking Time:Writing Imperial History
- Part Five Legacies and Implications
- 14 Writing the National History of Conquest
- 15 State Building in Europe and Asia
- 16 Frontier Expansion in the Rise and Fall of the Qing
- Appendix A Rulers and Reigns
- Appendix B The Yongzheng Emperor Reels from the News of Disaster, 1731
- Appendix C Haggling at the Border
- Appendix D Gansu Harvests and Yields
- Appendix E Climate and Harvests in the Northwest
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index