Quest for Power
Download or Read eBook Quest for Power PDF written by Stephen R. Halsey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Stephen R. Halsey |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674425651 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674425650 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Quest for Power by : Stephen R. Halsey
Book excerpt: China’s late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of China’s current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft.