The Culture of War in China
Empire And the Military Under the Qing Dynasty
Waley-Cohen, Joanna
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BOOK SUMMARY
In this book, Joanna Waley-Cohen overturns conventional wisdom to put warfare at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century China, showing how emperors underpinned military expansion with a wide-ranging cultural campaign intended to bring military su
BOOK SYNOPSIS
In this book, Joanna Waley-Cohen overturns conventional wisdom to put warfare at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century China, showing how emperors underpinned military expansion with a wide-ranging cultural campaign intended to bring military success, and the martial values associated with it, into the mainstream of cultural life.
AUTHOR BIO
Joanna Waley-Cohen is Professor of History at New York University.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1845111591
ISBN(13-digit): 9781845111595
Dewey Decimal: 951
Library of Congress: 2006285573
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 160
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