This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since the
eighteenth century builds its story around the delicate
relationship between central government and local communities.
* Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonious
society based on principles of stability – the Unwobbling
Pivot of Ezra Pound’s translation of the Chinese classic
Zhongyong
* Provides an original interpretation, arguing that developments
can be explained through an understanding of China’s
surprising swings between centralization and decentralization,
between local initiative and central authoritarianism
* Serves as an introduction to the subject, while readers with a
background in Chinese history will find the book offers a personal
perspective and addresses long-standing interpretive issues
* Supported by a variety of timelines, maps, illustrations, and
extensive notes for further reading
* Places China’s history within the context of global
change
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations vii
List of Maps viii
Foreword and Acknowledgments ix
Prelude xi
Timeline xv
1 The Wobbling Pivot 1
2 Sources of Order Under the Qing Empire 21
3 Sources of Disorder Under the Qing Empire 44
4 Essay: Strategic Borders 66
5 Qing and the World 70
6 Essay: Rebel Heroines 98
7 Visionaries 100
8 Essay: Hunan Takes the Lead 126
9 Essay: Water 129
10 Beiyang Ascendancy 133
11 Cultural Revolution 155
12 Essay: Manchus as Minorities 177
13 War 180
14 The Ubiquitous Center 207
15 Essay: Minerals 240
16 Essay: Health Risks 243
17 Gravity 246
Bibliography 274
Index 295
Über den Autor
Pamela Kyle Crossley is Professor of Inner Asian, East Asian Intellectual and Chinese History at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Her publications include The Manchus (Blackwell, 1997); A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Ideology (1999); and What is Global History? (2008). She is a past Guggenheim Fellow and was awarded the Levenson Prize from the Association for Asian Studies in 2001.
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