@article{858424,
      recid = {858424},
      author = {Porter, Jonathan,},
      title = {Imperial China, 1350-1900 /},
      pages = {xii, 397 pages :},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/858424},
}