The Rise and Fall of Imperial China : The Social Origins of State Development /

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How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese stateChina was the world's leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two centuries and now rising to dominance again. What factors led to imperial China's decline? The Rise and Fall of Imperial China offers...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wang, Yuhua (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Colección:Princeton Studies in Contemporary China ; 13
Temas:
Social networks > China > History.
State, The.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian.
Agriculture (Chinese mythology).
An Lushan Rebellion.
An Lushan.
Ancestral home (Chinese).
Aristocracy.
Beijing.
British Overseas Territories.
Bureaucrat.
Cambodia.
Capital accumulation.
Central government.
Chang'an.
Chiang Kai-shek.
China.
Collective action.
Communist revolution.
Concubinage.
Confucianism.
Decolonization.
Deportation.
Dynasty.
Economic inequality.
Emperor of China.
Expense.
Fan Zhen.
Forced migration.
French Revolution.
Gazetteer.
Government of China.
Guangxi.
Han dynasty.
Hong Xiuquan.
Household.
Hunter-gatherer.
Imperial Government.
Imperial State.
Imperial examination.
Income.
Infrastructure.
Institution.
Jiajing Emperor.
Jinggang Mountains.
Karl Marx.
Keynesian economics.
Li Zicheng.
Liao dynasty.
Liu Zhi (historian).
Mao Zedong.
Max Weber.
Measles.
Minarchism.
Ming dynasty.
Monetization.
Neo-Confucianism.
Opium Wars.
Opium.
Ottoman Empire.
Politics.
Population decline.
Processing (Chinese materia medica).
Provinces of China.
Qianlong Emperor.
Qin (state).
Qing Province.
Qing dynasty.
Rationing.
Retirement.
Ruler.
Salary.
Semarang.
Service Tax.
Shaanxi.
Shandong.
Sinophobia.
Social group.
Social science.
Song dynasty.
Southwestern United States.
St. Louis.
Taiping Rebellion.
Tang dynasty.
Tax cut.
Tax rate.
Tax revenue.
Tax.
Thomas Jefferson.
Tigris-Euphrates river system.
Total war.
Trade route.
Treaty of Nanking.
Wang Anshi.
Wanli Emperor.
Warfare.
Western United States.
World government.
Wuchang Uprising.
Yongzheng Emperor.
Yuan dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng.
Zheng (state).
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 Elite Social Terrain and State Development
  • 2 China's State Development over the Last Two Millennia
  • Part II State Strengthening under Oligarchy
  • 3 State Strengthening in the Tang Dynasty
  • 4 The Turning Point: Tang-Song Transition
  • Part III State Maintaining under Partnership
  • 5 The Rise of the Bowtie in the Song Dynasty
  • 6 State Maintaining in the Ming Dynasty
  • 7 The Development of Private-Order Institutions
  • Part IV State Weakening under Warlordism
  • 8 State Failure in the Qing Dynasty
  • Part V Conclusion
  • 9 The Long Shadow of the Empire
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A Appendix for Chapter 2
  • Appendix B Appendix for Chapter 4
  • Appendix C Appendix for Chapter 5
  • Appendix D Appendix for Chapter 6
  • Appendix E Appendix for Chapter 7
  • Appendix F Appendix for Chapter 8
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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