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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
technical sophistication,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Hurst's analysis demonstrates the importance of multisited research in China, illustrating how regional differences in political economy crucially affect…
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Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
the ancient Chinese system as effective in producing “educated acquiescence.”
Peter Hessler • Other Rivers
The adoption by the provincial gentry of literati ideals (and bureaucratic ambitions) was a vital stage in China’s transition from a semi-feudal society, where power was wielded by great landholders, into an agrarian empire. What made that possible was an imperial system that relied much less on the coercive power of the imperial centre (a clumsy a
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
So long as the scholar-gentry aspired to bureaucratic advancement through the examination system, with its classical syllabus and Confucian ideology, and while China was governed from walled cities with an ultra-loyal Manchu army in reserve, rebellion was unlikely to spread far or last long. The early emperors also insisted upon frugal expenditure
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
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