Origins of the Modern Chinese State

by Philip Kuhn and Philip A. Kuhn

Book Overview

What is "Chinese" about China's modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. Well before the Opium War, Chinese confronted such constitutional questions as: How does the scope of political participation affect state power? How is the state to secure a share of society's wealth? In response to the changing demands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749299
• ISBN13: 9780804749299
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"