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Public interest and state legitimation : early modern England, Japan, and China / Wenkai He.

Author/creator He, Wenkai, 1969- author.
Format Tactile Material, Book, and Print
Publication Info Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Description320 pages.
Subject(s)
Public interest.
Public interest--England --History.
Public interest--Japan --History.
Public interest--China --History.
Legitimacy of governments.
Legitimacy of governments--England --History.
Legitimacy of governments--Japan --History.
Legitimacy of governments--China --History.
Series Cambridge studies in historical sociology
Abstract "Safeguarding public interest was vital to early modern state legitimacy in Western Europe and East Asia. Wenkai He identifies similar patterns in state-society interactions surrounding public goods provision and explores how conflicts over public interest led to calls for fundamental political change and to modern representative politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9781009334501
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2023007609
ISBN9781009334556
ISBN9781009334518 (hardback)
ISBN1009334514
ISBN(ebook)
ISBN1009334557
ISBNPDF ebook

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