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From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious milit

Transforming History examines the profound transformation of historical thought and practice of writing history from the late Qing through the midtwentieth cent

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Nationalism is pervasive in China today. Yet nationalism is not entrenched in China's intellectual tradition. Over the course of the twentieth century, the comb