Waiting for the Barbarians: A History of Geopolitics in Early Modern China, 1680-1850 is a groundbreaking examination of how Qing China reimagined its imperial identity through territorial expansion, ideological adaptation, and cartographic precision. Between 1680 and 1850, the Qing integrated Central Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia into a vast, multiethnic empire—challenging traditi...(展开全部)

Waiting for the Barbarians: A History of Geopolitics in Early Modern China, 1680-1850 is a groundbreaking examination of how Qing China reimagined its imperial identity through territorial expansion, ideological adaptation, and cartographic precision. Between 1680 and 1850, the Qing integrated Central Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia into a vast, multiethnic empire—challenging traditi...(展开全部)

For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is ...(展开全部)

For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is ...(展开全部)

本杰明·艾尔曼（Benjamin A. Elman）1946年出生。1968年获美国汉密尔顿学院学士学位，1980年获宾夕法尼亚大学东方学博士学位。1992-1997年任加州大学洛杉矶分校历史系学术副主席，1992-1999年任该校《中国科学》杂志编审，1997-1999年任该校中国研究中心主任。1999-2001年，艾尔曼作为梅隆访问教授在普林斯顿高等研究院从事传统中国文明研究。2002年，正式出任普林斯顿大学东亚系和历史系教授。他的教学和研究领域包括：中国思想与文化史，1000-1900年：中华帝国晚期科技史，1600-1930年；中日文化学术交流史，1600-1850年。艾尔曼教授著述颇丰，著作主要有：《从理学到朴学：中华帝国晚期的思想与社会变化面面观》（1984年第1版，2001年第2版）、《经学、政治和宗族：中华帝国晚期常州今文学派研究》（...(展开全部)

本杰明·艾尔曼（Benjamin A. Elman）1946年出生。1968年获美国汉密尔顿学院学士学位，1980年获宾夕法尼亚大学东方学博士学位。1992-1997年任加州大学洛杉矶分校历史系学术副主席，1992-1999年任该校《中国科学》杂志编审，1997-1999年任该校中国研究中心主任。1999-2001年，艾尔曼作为梅隆访问教授在普林斯顿高等研究院从事传统中国文明研究。2002年，正式出任普林斯顿大学东亚系和历史系教授。他的教学和研究领域包括：中国思想与文化史，1000-1900年：中华帝国晚期科技史，1600-1930年；中日文化学术交流史，1600-1850年。艾尔曼教授著述颇丰，著作主要有：《从理学到朴学：中华帝国晚期的思想与社会变化面面观》（1984年第1版，2001年第2版）、《经学、政治和宗族：中华帝国晚期常州今文学派研究》（...(展开全部)

Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman's masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now Elman has retold the story of the Jesuit impact on late imperial China, circa 1600-1800, and the Protestant era in early...(展开全部)

In 1634, scholar-official Zhang Taijie (b. ca. 1588) published a book titled A Record of Treasured Paintings (C. Baohui lu), presenting an extensive catalog of a purportedly vast painting collection he claimed to have built. However, the entire book is Zhang's meticulously crafted forgery; he even forged paintings to match the documentation, and profited from trading them. Furt...(展开全部)

Written by one of the most distinguished experts on China’s economic and business history, China and Capitalism provides a highly original and at the same time clear and readable approach to understanding the development of business in China from 1500 to the 1990s. David Faure then uses the picture he has assembled to shed new light on the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese bu...(展开全部)

Written by one of the most distinguished experts on China’s economic and business history, China and Capitalism provides a highly original and at the same time clear and readable approach to understanding the development of business in China from 1500 to the 1990s. David Faure then uses the picture he has assembled to shed new light on the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese bu...(展开全部)