Qing Governors and Their Provinces - The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China, 1644-1796

Informationen zum Autor R. Kent Guy is professor of history emeritus at the University of Washington. He is the author of Qing Governors and Their Provinces: The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China, 1644-1796 (University of Washington Press, 2010) and The Emperor's Four Treasures: Scholars and the State in the Late Qianlong Period (Harvard Asia Center, 1987); and coeditor of Limits of the Rule of Law in China (University of Washington Press, 1999). Klappentext This comprehensive study of the shift to the province as an increasingly important element in management of the expanding Chinese empire concentrates on powerful provincial governors who extended the central government's influence into the most distant territories. Personnel records and biographies provide colorful details about the governors' lives, accomplishments, misfortunes, and feuds.--R. Kent Guy is professor of history at the University of Washington.

Product details

• Authors: R Kent Guy, R. Kent Guy, Robert K Guy, Robert K. Guy
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780295995953
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99595-3
• No. of pages: 474
• Series: China Program Book; China Program Book; Qing Governors and Their Provinces
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories