Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. Elite Social Terrain and State Development
2. China's State Development over the Last Two Millennia
Part II. State Strengthening Under Oligarchy
3. State Strengthening in the Tang Dynasty
4. The Turning Point: Tang-Song Transition
Part III. State Maintaining Under Partnership
5. The Rise of the Bowtie in the Song Dynasty
6. State Maintaining in the Ming Dynasty
7. The Development of Private-Order Institutions
Part IV. State Weakening Under Warlordism

8. State Failure in the Qing Dynasty
Part V. Conclusion
9. The Long Shadow of the Empire
Appendices
Appendix A. Appendix for Chapter 2
Appendix B. Appendix for Chapter 4
Appendix C. Appendix for Chapter 5
Appendix D. Appendix for Chapter 6
Appendix E. Appendix for Chapter 7
Appendix F. Appendix for Chapter 8
Notes
Bibliography
Index