China's Last Empire: The Great Qing by William T. Rowe, Timothy Brook

China's Last Empire: The Great Qing

History of Imperial China #6

William T. Rowe, Timothy Brook

360 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
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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. ...

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