Quest for Power
| Author | : Stephen R. Halsey |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2015-10-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674425651 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674425650 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (650 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Quest for Power by : Stephen R. Halsey
Download or read book Quest for Power 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. 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.