China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia

By Peter C. Perdue

Book Overview

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 Mongolia under their control.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067401684X
• ISBN13: 9780674016842
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"