In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West.\nThe Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, though many of their social edicts\u2014especially the requirement that ethnic Han men wear queues\u2014were fiercely resisted. As advocates of a \u201Cuniversal\u201D empire, Qing rulers also achieved an enormous expansion of the Chinese realm over the course of three centuries, including the conquest and incorporation of Turkic and Tibetan peoples in the west, vast migration into the southwest, and the colonization of Taiwan. Despite this geographic range and the\n\nChina`s Last Empire \u2013 The Great Qing\nThe Great Qing\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked se;