Imperial China, 900-1800
By: F.W. Mote.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1107
Subjects: China -- History -- 960-1644; China -- History -- 1644-1795
Description: "This history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period, by a senior scholar of the epoch, highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a similar synthesis: generational events, personalities, and the spirit of the age combine to yield a comprehensive history of the civilization, not isolated but shaped by its relation to outsiders."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 1057-1083) and index.