China's Last Empire: The Great Qing (History of Imperial China) - Hardcover

Rowe, William T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674036123 ISBN 13: 9780674036123

Publisher: Belknap Press, 2009

Synopsis

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...

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About the Author

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

Review

In a fine, well-written study, Rowe brings the latest scholarship in Qing history to a wide audience. This book reflects a lifetime of reading in the field, and is written in the fluent manner of an accomplished and very successful author. Responsible and judicious, it makes an important contribution to our understanding of Chinese history. (R. Kent Guy, University of Washington)

Here is a new narrative for Chinese history. It...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0674036123
• ISBN 13: 9780674036123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Brook Timothy