The wobbling pivot, China since 1800
Subtitle: an interpretive history
By: Pamela Kyle Crossley
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781405160797; 9781405160803
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The wobbling pivot; title: Sources of order under the Qing Empire; title: Sources of disorder under the Qing Empire; title: Essay: Strategic borders; title: Qing and the world; title: Essay: Rebel heroines; title: Visionaries; title: Essay: Hunan takes the lead; title: Essay: Water; title: Beiyang ascendancy; title: Cultural Revolution; title: Essay: Manchus as minorities; title: War; title: The Ubiquitous center; title: Essay: Minerals; title: Essay: Health risks; title: Gravity.