The Everlasting Empire: The Political Culture of Ancient China and Its Imperial Legacy
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Everlasting Empire: The Political Culture of Ancient China and Its Imperial Legacy
By (Author) Yuri Pines
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
7th August 2012
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political ideologies and movements
951
Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2012
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
510g
Description
Traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons from the imperial past are relevant for China today. This book demonstrates that the empire survived and adjusted to a variety of domestic and external challenges through a peculiar combination of rigid ideological premises.
Reviews
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "A unique perspective, well presented in accessible language and backed up with extensive notes and bibliography, the work represents high-quality scholarship from broad-based social science at its best. It belongs in all college and university libraries."--Choice
Author Bio
Yuri Pines holds the Michael W. Lipson Chair in Chinese Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a visiting professor at Nankai University in Tianjin, China. He is the author of "Foundations of Confucian Thought" and "Envisioning Eternal Empire."
