Description: Quest for Power by Stephen R. Halsey Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Chinas late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of Chinas current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft. Publisher Description Chinas history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has often been framed as a long coda of imperial decline, played out during its last dynasty, the Qing. Quest for Power presents a sweeping reappraisal of this narrative. Stephen Halsey traces the origins of Chinas great-power status in the twentieth century to this era of supposed decadence and decay. Threats from European and Japanese imperialism and the growing prospect of war triggered Chinas most innovative state-building efforts since the Qing dynastys founding in the mid-1600s.Through a combination of imitation and experimentation, a new form of political organization took root in China between 1850 and 1949 that shared features with modern European governments. Like them, China created a military-fiscal state to ensure security in a hostile international arena. The Qing Empire extended its administrative reach by expanding the bureaucracy and creating a modern police force. It poured funds into the military, commissioning ironclad warships, reorganizing the army, and promoting the development of an armaments industry. State-built telegraph and steamship networks transformed Chinas communication and transportation infrastructure. Increasingly, Qing officials described their reformist policies through a new vocabulary of sovereignty-a Western concept that has been a cornerstone of Chinese statecraft ever since. As Halsey shows, the success of the Chinese military-fiscal state after 1850 enabled China to avoid wholesale colonization at the hands of Europe and Japan and laid the foundation for its emergence as a global power in the twentieth century. Author Biography Stephen R. Halsey is Associate Professor of History at the University of Miami. Details ISBN 0674425650 ISBN-13 9780674425651 Title Quest for Power Author Stephen R. Halsey Format Hardcover Year 2015 Pages 360 Publisher Harvard University Press GE_Item_ID:96062315; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Quest for Power : European Imperialism and the Making of Chinese Statecraft
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Item Height: 1.2 in
Topic: Economic History, Imperialism, International Relations / General, Asia / China, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Europe / General, World / Asian, International Relations / Diplomacy
Publication Year: 2015
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Genre: Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Author: Stephen R. Halsey
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
