Imperial China, 1350-1900 / Jonathan Porter.
Porter, Jonathan, author.
2016
DS754 .P67 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Imperial China, 1350-1900 / Jonathan Porter.
Author
Porter, Jonathan, author.
ISBN
9781442222922 (paperback)
1442222921 (paperback)
9781442222915 (hardcover)
1442222913 (hardcover)
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Language
English
Description
xii, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
DS754 .P67 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
951/.03
Summary
This clear and engaging book provides a concise overview of the Ming-Qing epoch (1368-1912). China's last imperial age. Beginning with the end of the Mongol domination of China in 1368, this five-century period was remarkable for its continuity and stability until its downfall in the Revolution of 1911. Viewing the Ming and Qing dynasties as a coherent era characterized by the fruition of diverse developments from earliest times, Jonathan Porter traces the growth of imperial autocracy, the role of the educated Confucian elite as custodians of cultural authority, the significance of ritual as the grounding of political and social order, the tension between monarchy and bureaucracy in political discourse, the evolution of Chinese cultural identity, and the perception of the "barbarian" and other views of the world beyond China. -- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index.
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Part I. The classical legacy, 1000-1350
Song: the great divide
The barbarian ascendancy
The imperial myth: the mandate of heaven
Part II. The imperial way, 1350-1650
The rise of the Ming
Autocrat, bureaucrat, empress, eunuch
The Ming and the world
Luan: disintegration of order
Part III. The High Qing, 1650-1800
The Manchu Revolution
Style and substance: imperial culture
Imperial absolutism: the monarch and the minister
Part IV. Ming and Qing: social, economic, cultural, and intellectual foundations, 1350-1900
The good earth
Merchants and markets
Official life and literati culture
Images in the heavens, patterns on the earth
The spiritual world
The relevance of Confucius
Part V. When worlds collide, 1500-1870
The empire and the garden
Opium
The heavenly kingdom
Part VI. Continuity in change: on the threshold of revolution, 1870-1890
Self-strengthening and its fate
Epilogue: the twilight of imperial China.

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