Frontmatter
Contents
Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Names, Dates,Weights and Measures, and Chinese Characters
Introduction
Part one The Formation of the Central Eurasian States
1 Environments, State Building, and National Identity
2 The Ming, Muscovy, and Siberia, 1400-1600
3 Central Eurasian Interactions and the Rise of the Manchus, 1600-1670
Part Two Contending for Power
4 Manchus, Mongols, and Russians in Conflict, 1670-1690
5 Eating Snow: The End of Galdan, 1690-1697
6 Imperial Overreach and Zunghar Survival, 1700-1731
7 The Final Blows, 1734-1771
Part Three The Economic Basis of Empire
8 Cannons on Camelback: Ecological Structures and Economic Conjunctures
9 Land Settlement and Military Colonies
10 Harvests and Relief
11 Currency and Commerce
Part Four Fixing Frontiers
12 Moving through the Land
13 Marking Time:Writing Imperial History
Part Five Legacies and Implications
14 Writing the National History of Conquest
15 State Building in Europe and Asia
16 Frontier Expansion in the Rise and Fall of the Qing
Appendix A Rulers and Reigns
Appendix B The Yongzheng Emperor Reels from the News of Disaster, 1731
Appendix C Haggling at the Border
Appendix D Gansu Harvests and Yields
Appendix E Climate and Harvests in the Northwest
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index