Governing China, 150-1850

Political culture -- China -- History.
Social institutions -- China -- History.

The author provides a description of the evolution of the governing institutions of imperial China through periods of unity and disunity from the late Han (150 CE) to the late Qing (1850) dynasties, giving an account of change and continuity in governance over a two-thousand-year span of China's history.

Dardess, John W.

Hackett Pub. (Indianapolis)

2010