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500 pages • missing pub info (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780804728683
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 December 1997
Description
Many observers of late imperial China have noted the relatively small size of the state in comparison to the geographic size and large population of China and have advanced various theories to account for the ability of the state to maintain itsel...
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500 pages • missing pub info (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780804728683
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 December 1997
Description
Many observers of late imperial China have noted the relatively small size of the state in comparison to the geographic size and large population of China and have advanced various theories to account for the ability of the state to maintain itsel...