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  | | China Marches West(Reprint) The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia by Peter C. Perdue Paperback, 752 Pages, Published 2010 by Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-05743-2, ISBN: 0-674-05743-0 " From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols, and brought all of modern Xinjiang and Mongolia under their control, while gaining dominant influence in Tibet. The China we know is a product of these vast conquests. Peter C. P ..." |
 | | Asia Inside Out(1st Edition) Itinerant People by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, Peter C. Perdue, Biao Xiang, Qiang Ma, David Ludden, Narges Erami, Seema Alavi, James Pickett, Tamara Loos, Erik Harms, Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, May Bo Ching, Emma Jinhua Teng, William W. Kelly Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2019 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-98763-0, ISBN: 0-674-98763-2 "A pioneering study of historical developments that have shaped Asia concludes with this volume tracing the impact of ideas and cultures of people on the move across the continent, whether willingly or not.In the final volume of Asia Inside Out, a stellar interdisciplinary team of scholars considers the migration of people―and the ideas, practices, and things they brought with them―to show the ways in which itinerant groups have transfor ..." |
 | | Imperial Formations (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series) by Ann Laura Stoler, Carole Mcgranahan, Peter C. Perdue, Jane Burbank, Frederick Cooper, Fernando Coronil, Nicholas B. Dirks, Prasenjit Duara, Adeeb Khalid, Ussama Makdisi Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2007 by School For Advanced Research Press ISBN-13: 978-1-930618-73-2, ISBN: 1-930618-73-5 "The contributors to this volume critique and abandon the limiting assumption that the European colonialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries can be taken as the representative form of imperialism. Recasting the study of imperial governance, forms of sovereignty, and the imperial state, the authors pay close attention to non-European empires and the active trade in ideas, practices, and technologies among empires, as w ..." |
 | | Shared Histories of Modernity(1st Edition) China, India and the Ottoman Empire (Critical Asian Studies) by Peter C. Perdue, Editor-Huricihan Islamoglu, Huri Islamoğlu-Inan Hardcover, 348 Pages, Published 2009 by Routledge India ISBN-13: 978-0-415-48166-3, ISBN: 0-415-48166-X "While pre-modernity is often considered to be the 'time' of non-European regions and modernity is seen as belonging to the West, this book seeks to transcend the temporal bifurcation of that world history into 'pre-modern' and 'modern', as well as question its geographical split into two irreconcilable trajectories: the European and the non-European. The book examines shared experiences of modern transformation or modernity in three reg ..." |
 | | Global Connections Volume 1, To 1500: Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History by John Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Charles Tilly, Peter C. Perdue, Louise A. Tilly, Vv.Aa. Paperback, 438 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-14518-3, ISBN: 0-521-14518-X "The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 1 takes us from the origin of hominids to ancient civilizations, the rise of empires, and the Middle Age ..." |
 | | Shared Histories of Modernity(1st Edition) China, India and the Ottoman Empire (Critical Asian Studies) by Huri Islamoglu, Peter C. Perdue Paperback, 348 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge India ISBN-13: 978-0-367-17634-1, ISBN: 0-367-17634-3 "While pre-modernity is often considered to be the 'time' of non-European regions and modernity is seen as belonging to the West, this book seeks to transcend the temporal bifurcation of that world history into 'pre-modern' and 'modern', as well as question its geographical split into two irreconcilable trajectories: the European and the non-Europea" |
 | | Empires and Encounters 1350-1750 (A History of the World) by Wolfgang Reinhard, Akira Iriye, Peter C. Perdue, Stephan Conermann, Jürgen Osterhammel, Suraiya Faroqhi, Reinhard Wendt, Jürgen Nagel, JRgen . Osterhammel Hardcover, 1,160 Pages, Published 2015 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-04719-8, ISBN: 0-674-04719-2 "Between 1350 and 1750—a time of empires, exploration, and exposure to radically different lands and cultures—the world reached a tipping point of global connectedness. In this volume of the acclaimed History of the World series, noted international scholars examine five critical geographical areas during this pivotal period: Eurasia between Russia and Japan; the Muslim world of the Ottoman and Persian empires; Mughal India and the India ..." |
 | | China Marches West(1st Edition) The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia by Peter C. Perdue Hardcover, 752 Pages, Published 2005 by Belknap Press Of Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-01684-2, ISBN: 0-674-01684-X " From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols, and brought all of modern Xinjiang and Mongolia under their control, while gaining dominant influence in Tibet. The China we know is a product of these vast conquests. Peter C. Pe ..." |
 | | Exhausting the Earth State and Peasant in Hunan (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by Peter C. Perdue Hardcover, 331 Pages, Published 1987 by Harvard University Asia Center ISBN-13: 978-0-674-27504-1, ISBN: 0-674-27504-7 "All responsibility for waterworks around the entire lake had been previously concentrated in one circuit, Yue-Chang-Li 1^40, comprising the prefectures of Yuezhou and Changde, the independent department of Lizhou, and the two counties of Xiangyin and Yiyang. Because circuit jurisdictions were intended to embrace functional economic units, it made sense to have the entire lake area under one unit spanning several prefectures. In the ..." |
 | | Asia Inside Out Connected Places by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, Peter C. . Perdue Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2015 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-96768-7, ISBN: 0-674-96768-2 "Asia Inside Out reveals the dynamic forces that have historically linked regions of the world’s largest continent, stretching from Japan and Korea to the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Middle East. Connected Places, the second installment in this pioneering three-volume survey, highlights the transregional flows of goods, ideas, and people across natural and political boundaries―sea routes, delta ecologies, and mountain pass ..." |
 | | Asia Inside Out(1st Edition) Changing Times by Professor Eric Tagliacozzo, Peter C. . Perdue, Helen F. Siu, Heidi Walcher, Victor Lieberman, Andrew Willford, Nancy Um, Kerry Ward, Naomi Hosoda, Charles J. Wheeler, Robert I. Hellyer, Anand A. Yang, Eric Tagliacozzo Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2015 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-59850-8, ISBN: 0-674-59850-4 "The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times brings into focus the diverse networks and dynamic developments that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines an unnoticed moment—a single year or decade—that redefined Asia in some important way. Heidi Walcher explores the founding of the Safavi ..." |
 | | Shared Histories of Modernity China, Indian & Ottoman Empire by Huri Isiamoglu & Peter C. Perdue Foreword by Veena Das Published 2023 by Routledge (India) ISBN-13: 978-1-138-04494-4, ISBN: 1-138-04494-6 |
 | | Global Connections Volume 2, Since 1500: Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History by John H. Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. Perdue, Charles Tilly, Louise A. Tilly Paperback, 556 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-14519-0, ISBN: 0-521-14519-8 "The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civili ..." |
 | | China Marches West The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia by Peter C. Perdue 752 Pages, Published 2009 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-04202-5, ISBN: 0-674-04202-6 "Yu Chenglong planned grain shipments to reach the Altai Mountains. He could carry 3,000 shi of grain up the Yellow River to its northwestern bend in boats, then transfer supplies to camel and baggage carts. It would take many days to reach Godoli Balaghasun, a staging point 1,200 li away in the Southern Altai Mountains, but by June, Yu had transported huge quantities of grain there—forty- five days' supply for each man. His troops b ..." |
 | | The Fan-qui of China Everyday Life in 19th Century China by Charles Toogood Downing, C. Toogooc Downing, Peter Perdue Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2017 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-78453-586-5, ISBN: 1-78453-586-9 "Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor. In particular his three volumes provide a unique portrait of how the indigenous Chinese population viewed foreigners working and living in their country-the Fan-qui of the title. The author's profession of surgeon gave him far greater access to the everyday lives of people, who allowed him into their houses more readily, and felt more ..." |
 | | Global Connections Volume 1, To 1500: Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History by John Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. Perdue, Charles Tilly, Louise A. Tilly Hardcover, 438 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-19189-0, ISBN: 0-521-19189-0 "The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 1 takes us from the origin of hominids to ancient civilizations, the rise of empires, and the Middle Age ..." |
 | | Global Connections Volume 1, To 1500: Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History by John Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. Perdue, Charles Tilly, Louise Tilly Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-316-29777-3, ISBN: 1-316-29777-2 "As long as this army of Hefat is calm, the whole land is calm, but if one steps on its tail like that of a crocodile, then the north ... monkeys, and baboons, some of which no doubt reached Punt from further down the African coast or across the Red Sea. The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli arrived all the way from Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan, some 2,500 miles ... chariots and horses entered Egyptian warfare, a fact that ..." |
 | | Global Connections Volume 2, Since 1500: Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History by John Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. Perdue, Charles Tilly, Louise A. Tilly Hardcover, 556 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-76106-2, ISBN: 0-521-76106-9 "The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civili ..." |
 | | Global Connections Volume 2, Since 1500: Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History by John Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. Perdue, Charles Tilly, Louise Tilly Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-316-29790-2, ISBN: 1-316-29790-X "Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History John Coatsworth, Juan Cole, Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. ... still depend on two other factors we have encountered before: their integration with categorical differences, and their relation to concentrated means of coercion. Although financial capital, information, and science have incorporated existing distinctions by gender, age, race, ethnicity, and religion to some ... But th ..." |
 | | Time and Language New Sinology and Chinese History (Hardback) by Ori Sela, Peter C. Perdue, Joshua A. Fogel, Pingyi Chu Hardcover, Published 2023 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-9407-8, ISBN: 0-8248-9407-3 "These essays use a variety of angles to examine, with the present moment in mind, questions of Chinese perceptions of and engagement with the past." |
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