Autocracy at Work. A Study of the Yung-cheng Period, 1723-1735.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Autocracy at Work. A Study of the Yung-cheng Period, 1723-1735.

Black and white illustrations, tables, xii + 500pp, notes, list of Chinese characters, bibliography, index, typescript, covers lifting very slightly, otherwise a very good copy in little worn and now protected dustjacket. "This book intensively examines China's autocracy during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735), a crucial period of the Qing dynasty and a climactic development of the traditional Chinese state. With both coercive and persuasive methods, the Yongzheng Emperor was able to reshape all the influential political forces - aristocracy, bureaucracy, and the local elite - after his ideal This authoritative and carefully documented study will be immensely useful to anyone interested in Chinese social, political, and institutional history of any period and not merely of the eighteenth century." (Publisher's description).