In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, though many of their social edi...(展开全部)

罗威廉（William T. Rowe），1947年生，美国约翰霍普金斯大学历史系教授，东亚研究中心主任，当代美国最有影响的汉学家之一。他同时也是《晚期中华帝国》（Late Imperial China）杂志主编、《近代中国》（Modern China）和《城市史杂志》（Journal of Urban History）编委。主要研究方向为近代东亚的社会经济和城市史。著有“哈佛中国史”丛书第6卷《最后的中华帝国：大清》，以及《红雨：一个中国县城七个世纪的暴力史》、《汉口：一个中国城市的商业和社会（1796—1889）》、《汉口：一个中国城市的冲突和共同体（1796—1895）》等。 ------ 译者简介 李仁渊，哈佛大学历史与东亚研究博士。现为“中央研究院”历史语言研究所助研究员。研究领域为中国近现代社会与文化史。著有《晚清的新式传播媒体与知识分子...(展开全部)

陆威仪（Mark Edward Lewis），1954年生，师从何炳棣，毕业于芝加哥大学。美国著名中国古代史专家，斯坦福大学李国鼎中华文化讲座教授。他的研究关注中国文明的不同方面，尤其擅长从政治和社会层面考察中国问题。著有“哈佛中国史”丛书中前3卷《早期中华帝国：秦与汉》、《分裂的帝国：南北朝》《世界性的帝国：唐朝》，以及《早期中国的写作与权威》《早期中国的空间构造》等。 ---------- 译者简介 张晓东，历史学博士，上海社会科学院历史研究所助理研究员，上海郑和研究中心兼职助理研究员，上海社会科学院“中国现代史”创新型学科团队成员，专攻中国运河史、中国军事史和东亚海洋史、海上丝绸之路问题，以及当前海洋地缘战略问题。著有《汉唐漕运与军事》《汉唐军事史论集》等。 冯世明，苏州大学社会学院历史系讲师，研究方向为汉唐史、中国古代民族史。

Relations between the Qing empire and its Tibetan borderlands in western Sichuan underwent major changes during the decades between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. In eastern Tibet or Kham, a region straddling western Sichuan and central Tibet that traditionally had been under the rule of hereditary chieftains, the Qing state mounted a vigorous campaign of conquest ...(展开全部)

Robert D. Mowry is Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art, Harvard University Art Museums. Janet Baker is curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum. Claudia Brown is professor of art history, Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona State University. Arnold Chang is an independent scholar. Chun-yi Lee is an artist and Ph.D. student, Arizona State University. Melissa Moy is assista...(展开全部)

This landmark 2008 study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. The authors combine deep China expertise with broad disciplinary knowledge to explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth and deeply flawed institutions. Their work exposes the mechanisms underpinning the origin and expansion of China's great b...(展开全部)

This landmark 2008 study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. The authors combine deep China expertise with broad disciplinary knowledge to explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth and deeply flawed institutions. Their work exposes the mechanisms underpinning the origin and expansion of China's great b...(展开全部)

‘I shall tell the story of the tremendous perils and the loss of Constantinople, which I observed at close quarters with my own eyes.’ Leonard of Chios. Constantinople: The Last Great Siege tells the story of one of the great forgotten events of world history - the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in1453. For a thousand years Constantinople was quite simply the city:...(展开全部)

‘I shall tell the story of the tremendous perils and the loss of Constantinople, which I observed at close quarters with my own eyes.’ Leonard of Chios. Constantinople: The Last Great Siege tells the story of one of the great forgotten events of world history - the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in1453. For a thousand years Constantinople was quite simply the city:...(展开全部)