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Contents 8 Preface 14 Acknowledgments 18 Note on Names, Dates, Weights and Measures, and Chinese Characters 20 Introduction 24 Part One - The Formation of the Central Eurasian States 36 1 Environments, State Building, and National Identity 38 2 The Ming, Muscovy, and Siberia, 1400–1600 74 3 Central Eurasian Interactions and the Rise of the Manchus, 1600–1670 117 Part Two - Contending for Power 154 4 Manchus, Mongols, and Russians in Conflict, 1670–1690 156 5 Eating Snow: The End of Galdan, 1690–1697 197 6 Imperial Overreach and Zunghar Survival, 1700–1731 232 7 The Final Blows, 1734–1771 279 Part Three - The Economic Basis of Empire 324 8 Cannons on Camelback: Ecological Structures and Economic Conjunctures 326 9 Land Settlement and Military Colonies 347 10 Harvests and Relief 381 11 Currency and Commerce 401 Part Four - Fixing Frontiers 430 12 Moving through the Land 432 13 Marking Time: Writing Imperial History 485 Part Five - Legacies and Implications 518 14 Writing the National History of Conquest 520 15 State Building in Europe and Asia 541 16 Frontier Expansion in the Rise and Fall of the Qing 570 Appendixes 590 Abbreviations 614 Notes 616 Bibliography 694 Illustration Credit

Author

Peter C Perdue

Language

EN

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Updated

2026-03-14