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Power and Order: Social Governance in Imperial China

Power and Order: Social Governance in Imperial China

Yuanli, Geng

Hardcover

Chinese HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1041300778
ISBN13: 9781041300779
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 16 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book is a collection of lectures from the academic seminar series, Power and Order: Social Governance in Imperial China, organized by the School of History and Culture at Henan University.

It features presentations by renowned scholars, including Yan Buke, Bao Weimin, Zhang Jianguang, and Hou Xudong, among others. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, The Nature of the Imperial System, examines the development and trends of Chinese history under imperial rule through the lenses of bureaucracy, economy, and society. Part II, The Working Mechanism of Social Structure, explores how the imperial state operated and covers issues such as public opinion control, financial sustainability, and the primary-level administration and exercise of power. Part III, The Lives of Officials and Ordinary People, discusses the people within the autocratic state. Traditional historiography often overlooks what people from different social strata and backgrounds did and how they lived. However, this information is critical to understanding history, both the broad contours and the granular detail.

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