The everlasting empire : the political culture of ancient China and its imperial legacy /
"Established in 221 BCE, the Chinese empire lasted for 2,132 years before being replaced by the Republic of China in 1912. During its two millennia, the empire endured internal wars, foreign incursions, alien occupations, and devastating rebellions--yet fundamental institutional, sociopolitical...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©2012.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7scw8 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The ideal of "great unity"
- The monarch
- The literati
- Local elite
- The people
- Imperial political culture in the modern age.