China's Last Empire: The Great Qing

by William T. Rowe

Book Overview

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 men wear queues--were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066243
• ISBN13: 9780674066243
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"