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The rise and fall of imperial China : the social origins of state development / Yuhua Wang.

Author/creator Wang, Yuhua, 1981- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Copyright Notice 2022
Descriptionxviii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Social networks--China --History.
China--Politics and government --1644-1912.
China--History --Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Series Princeton studies in contemporary China
Princeton studies in contemporary China. ^A1384751
Contents Elite social terrain and state development -- China's state development over the last two millennia -- State strengthening in the Tang dynasty -- The turning point : Tang-Song transition -- The rise of the bowtie in the Song dynasty -- State maintaining in the Ming dynasty -- The development of private-order institutions -- State failure in the Qing dynasty? -- The long shadow of the empire -- Appendices.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9780691237510
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9780691215167
ISBN0691215162
ISBN0691215170
ISBN9780691215174

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