China marches west the Qing conquest of Central Eurasia Qing conquest of Central Eurasia Perdue, Peter C. 1949- creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. mau 2005 monographic eng remote 1 online resource ( xx, 725 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps. Part 1. The formation of the central Eurasian states. Environments, state building, and national identity -- The Ming, Muscovy, and Siberia, 1400-1600 -- Central Eurasian interactions and the rise of the Manchus, 1600-1670 -- Part 2. Contending for power. Manchus, Mongols, and Russians in conflict, 1670-1690 -- Eating snow : the end of Galdan, 1690-1697 -- Imperial overreach and Zunghar survival, 1700-1731 -- The final blows, 1734-1771 -- Part 3. The economic base of empire. Cannons on camelback : ecological structures and economic conjunctures -- Land settlement and military colonies -- Harvests and relief -- Currency and commerce -- Part 4. Fixing frontiers. Moving through the land -- Marking time : writing imperial history -- Part 5. Legacies and implications. Writing the national history of conquest -- State building in Europe and Asia -- Frontier expansion in the rise and fall of the Qing -- Appendixes : A. Rulers and reigns -- B. The Yongzheng emperor reels from the news of the disaster, 1731 -- C. Haggling at the border -- D. Gansu harvests and yields -- E. Climate and harvests in the northwest. Peter C. Perdue. Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-705) and index. a-cc--- e-ur--- a------ China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Russia (Federation) History 1613-1917 Mongols History Russia History 1613-1917 Mongols Histoire Chine Histoire 1644-1912 (Dynastie mandchoue) Russie Histoire 1613-1917 HISTORY HISTORY Asia China Mongols Qing Dynasty (China) Russia China Russia (Federation) 1613-1917 fast DS754 .P47 2005 951/.03 China marches west Perdue, Peter C., 1949- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2004059472 (OCoLC)56567189 9780674042025 0674042026 9780674016842 067401684X 067401684X 9780674057432 0674057430 22573/ctvjtsd74 JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvjsf6nq N$T 090824 20230619015157.6 in00004723312 eng