The Great Enterprise, Volume 1
| Author | : Frederic Wakeman Jr. |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 676 |
| Release | : 2023-04-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780520340749 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0520340744 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (744 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Great Enterprise, Volume 1 by : Frederic Wakeman Jr.
Download or read book The Great Enterprise, Volume 1 written by Frederic Wakeman Jr. and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In classical Chinese, The Great Enterprise means winning The Mandate of heaven to rule over China, the Central Kingdom. This first of a two-volume work on The Great Enterprise of the Manchus is the first scholarly narrative in any language relating their conquest of China during the seventeenth century. (This book was originally published as a boxed two-volume set. It is now available as separate volumes with a plain hardcover. The page numbering continues from the first volume to the second.)