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Dingxin Zhao
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November 2015
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Dingxin Zhao
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Oxford University Press
Published
November 2015
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The Confucian-Legalist State analyzes the history of China between the 11th century BCE and 1911 under the guidance of a new theory of social change. It centers on two questions. First, how and why China was unified and developed into a bureaucratic empire under the state of Qin in 221 BCE? Second, how was it that, until the nineteenth century, the political and cultural structure of China that was institutionalized during the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 8 CE) showed great resilience, despite great changes in demography, socioeconomic structure, ethnic composition, market relations, religious landscapes, technology, and in other respects brought by rebellions or nomadic conquests?
In addressing these two questions, author Dingxin Zhao also explains numerous other historical patterns of China, including but not limited to the nature of ancient China's interstate relations, the logics behind the rising importance of imperil Confucianism during the Western Han dynasty and behind the formation of Neo-Confucian society during the Song dynasty (960-1279 CE), the changing nature of China's religious ecology under the age of Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, the pattern of interactions between nomads and sedentary Chinese empires, the rise and dominance of civilian government, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without the coercion of Western imperialism.
Author
Dingxin Zhao
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2015
Weight
812g
Page Count
480
Dimensions
158 x 239 x 39 mm
ISBN
9780199351732
ISBN-10
0199351732
Eden Code
4335941
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Author/Creator: Dingxin Zhao
ISBN: 9780199351732
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: November 2015
Weight: 812g
Dimensions: 158 x 239 x 39 mm
Eden Code: 4335941