https://profilebooks.com/great-state-hb.html China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the 13th century, and despite the passing of one Imperial dynasty to the next, it has maintained them for the eight centuries since. Even the European colonial powers at the height of their power coul...(展开全部)

作者简介： 城山智子（SHIROYAMA, Tomoko）日本东京大学学士、硕士，1999年获美国哈佛大学历史学博士学位。历任日本北海道大学文学部助教授，一桥大学大学院经济学研究科助教授、准教授、教授，现为东京大学大学院经济学研究科教授。专攻中国近现代经济史，特别是近代中国的货币、金融和企业，兼及18世纪以来的亚洲经济史。其博士论文为《萧条下的中国：1931—1937年间长江三角洲下游的地区经济》（哈佛大学， 1999）； 最新研究成果为“负债中的公司：1895-1937年间长江三角洲下游纺织业财务安排之研究”。正在共同主持日本多所大学合作大型研究课题“帝国与网络：亚洲地区经济秩序”。 译者之一简介： 孟凡礼，2006年毕业于中国社会科学院研究生院，历史学硕士。主要译著有：《论自由》（[英]约翰·穆勒著，广西师范大学出版社2011年版/上海三联书店2...(展开全部)

作者简介： 城山智子（SHIROYAMA, Tomoko）日本东京大学学士、硕士，1999年获美国哈佛大学历史学博士学位。历任日本北海道大学文学部助教授，一桥大学大学院经济学研究科助教授、准教授、教授，现为东京大学大学院经济学研究科教授。专攻中国近现代经济史，特别是近代中国的货币、金融和企业，兼及18世纪以来的亚洲经济史。其博士论文为《萧条下的中国：1931—1937年间长江三角洲下游的地区经济》（哈佛大学， 1999）； 最新研究成果为“负债中的公司：1895-1937年间长江三角洲下游纺织业财务安排之研究”。正在共同主持日本多所大学合作大型研究课题“帝国与网络：亚洲地区经济秩序”。 译者之一简介： 孟凡礼，2006年毕业于中国社会科学院研究生院，历史学硕士。主要译著有：《论自由》（[英]约翰·穆勒著，广西师范大学出版社2011年版/上海三联书店2...(展开全部)

In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multidisciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is now known as the Boxer War, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperialism in China, and on the foreign imagination. This war introduced the world to the "Boxers," the see...(展开全部)

In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multidisciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is now known as the Boxer War, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperialism in China, and on the foreign imagination. This war introduced the world to the "Boxers," the see...(展开全部)

"In a sweeping overview of four centuries of Mongolian history that draws on previously untapped sources, Johan Elverskog opens up totally new perspectives on some of the most urgent questions historians have recently raised about the role of Buddhism in the constitution of the Qing empire. Theoretically informed and strongly comparative in approach, Elverskog’s work tells a fa...(展开全部)

"In a sweeping overview of four centuries of Mongolian history that draws on previously untapped sources, Johan Elverskog opens up totally new perspectives on some of the most urgent questions historians have recently raised about the role of Buddhism in the constitution of the Qing empire. Theoretically informed and strongly comparative in approach, Elverskog’s work tells a fa...(展开全部)

The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia? As Ken Pomeranz shows, as recently as 1750, parallels between these two parts of the world were very high in life expectancy, consumption, product and fa...(展开全部)

The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia? As Ken Pomeranz shows, as recently as 1750, parallels between these two parts of the world were very high in life expectancy, consumption, product and fa...(展开全部)