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China's Last Empire: The Great Qing

history of imperial china

Timothy Brook, General Editor

CHINA’S

LAST

EMPIRE

the great qing

William T. Rowe

the belknap press of

harvard university press

Cambridge, Massachusetts

London, England

2009

To Muriel Bell

whose vision has immeasurably advanced

our understanding of Qing history

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rowe, William T.

China’s last empire : the great Qing / William T. Rowe.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-674-03612-3 (alk. paper)

1. China—History—Qing dynasty, 1644–1912. I. Title.

DS754.R84 2009

951

′

.03—dc22

2009011232