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The Confucian-Legalist State - A New Theory of Chinese History (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,347
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The Confucian-Legalist State - A New Theory of Chinese History (Hardcover): Dingxin Zhao

The Confucian-Legalist State - A New Theory of Chinese History (Hardcover)

Dingxin Zhao

Series: Oxford Studies in Early Empires

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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.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Oxford Studies in Early Empires
Release date: December 2015
Authors: Dingxin Zhao (Professor of Sociology)
Dimensions: 243 x 164 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-935173-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 0-19-935173-2
Barcode: 9780199351732

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