Part 1. The formation of the central Eurasian states. Environments, state building, and national identity
The Ming, Muscovy, and Siberia, 1400-1600
Central Eurasian interactions and the rise of the Manchus, 1600-1670
Part 2. Contending for power. Manchus, Mongols, and Russians in conflict, 1670-1690
Eating snow : the end of Galdan, 1690-1697
Imperial overreach and Zunghar survival, 1700-1731
The final blows, 1734-1771
Part 3. The economic base of empire. Cannons on camelback : ecological structures and economic conjunctures
Land settlement and military colonies
Harvests and relief
Currency and commerce
Part 4. Fixing frontiers. Moving through the land
Marking time : writing imperial history
Part 5. Legacies and implications. Writing the national history of conquest
State building in Europe and Asia
Frontier expansion in the rise and fall of the Qing
Appendixes : A. Rulers and reigns
B. The Yongzheng emperor reels from the news of the disaster, 1731
C. Haggling at the border
D. Gansu harvests and yields
E. Climate and harvests in the northwest.