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The Culture of War in China

Empire and the Military under the Qing Dynasty

The Culture of War in China( )
Author: Waley-Cohen, Joanna
ISBN:978-1-78076-668-3
Publication Date:Dec 2013
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:I. B. Tauris
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $47.95USD $47.95
Book Description:

Was the primary focus of the Qing dynasty really civil rather than military matters? In this ground-breaking book, Joanna Waley-Cohen overturns conventional wisdom to put warfare at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century China. She argues that the civil and the military were understood as mutually complementary forces. Emperors underpinned military expansion with a wide-ranging cultural campaign intended to bring military success, and the martial values associated with it,...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: History / Asia / China
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.63 x 11.13 x 0.26 Inches
Book Weight:0.446 Pounds



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