War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
Victoria Tin-bor (University of Notre Dame, Indiana) Hui
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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There is a common belief that the system of sovereign territorial states and the roots of liberal democracy are unique to European civilization and alien to non-Western cultures. This book, first published in 2005, explains why China and Europe's development of state systems began similarly but experienced opposite outcomes.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521819725
- ISBN-10
- 0521819725
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2005
- Publication date
- 2005-07-04
- Pages
- 310
- Dimensions
- 235x162x26
- Weight
- 616