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# China's Last Empire: The Great Qing (History of Imperial China)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    this is a truly amazing book
  

*by P***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2013*

Note that there are more reviews on the Hardcover version's page.I came to this book having a decently thorough knowledge of Chinese history and having read the five "History of Imperial China" books leading up to it. I was not especially interested in the Qing, and this uniquely exciting treatment of the subject enabled me to understand why, and why I had been led to misunderstand this historical period. Rowe reviews the latest research, the research trends over decades since Wakeman changed things and Spence started his Qing journal in graduate school, while also showing how Western prejudices played their part in creating a hugely oversimplified stereotype: the stagnant Qing ruled by its inadequately modern rulers.In some ways I can measure a Chinese history book now by how many pages I can read without getting overwhelmed and needing to stop for the day in order to absorb what I have read. By that standard, this book has REALLY taken me a lot longer than I expected. The whole series has an amazing topical approach that each volume pursues with various merits, but in this, Rowe's volume, there is an intellectual excitement and a sense of the greater underlying story that I encourage anyone to allow themselves to engage with, with an open mind.China is vast and if you don't want to feel overwhelmed I cannot recommend reading any GOOD books about China. So much of the fun investigating China is the scope, the consistent framework, coming at familiar pieces of it all in unfamiliar ways, the regional and ethnic diversity and their endless implications, and of course the amazing efforts of Chinese civil servants who help Western readers like me NOT feel sorry for ourselves. Wow they had it hard.There is a 3D aspect to the Qing. It is richly documented. It includes interactions with the West and people who played a part in the 20th century. I can advocate this book as a panorama to anyone willing to have fun reading history. For anyone who wants to dig deeper, its footnotes and bibliography provide extensive guidance, explaining what one could gain from reading various Spence or Wakeman titles as well as dozens of other specimens of the academic literature. Page for page, it's a bargain and a good read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A great overview
  

*by H***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2019*

I really, really liked this book.  Most of all, the author has been studying the topic for many many years at the most professional level, and after all that effort, he boils it all down to what you need to know, and why it is important and how it relates to prior history and how it affects things years down the road.  And while he writes from a Westerner's point of view, he takes pains to make us understand the Qing's Dynasty's achievements from a Chinese point of view as well as a more neutral point of view.For the first half of the book and the Qing Dynasty, the author concentrates on themes, so much so, that I didn't really get a good idea for who the individuals were, but that didn't bother me. I can always look this information up and quickly re-orient myself.  The themes roughly did go in chronological order.Learning Chinese history before the modern ago is difficult, and this book made it easy and very, very interesting and clear....one year later in August 2020 I re-read this book, after reading another excellent book on the Qianlong Emperor by Mark Elliot.  For some reason, having this Emperor to use as a reference point made the first half of the book that more understandable.  Either way, the book was even better the second time around.For the most part, the first half of the Qing was KangXi and Qianlong with YongZheng's short reign in between.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in Qing Dynasty History
  

*by Z***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2016*

Not many books deal with the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty.  A little light on pure history, and more oriented towards analysis.  For instance, there is no deep dive into the reign of Cixi. If you "Look Inside the Book" at the Table-of-Contents, you will see that it is mostly broken down by different concepts, and only loosely unfolds chronologically. I've read through around a dozen big, mainstream books on Modern Chinese History, and this one has by far the best, and clearest overview of how the Manchus arose, and managed to take over the biggest country on EarthOn my first time through I found it tough to read at times. The author sometimes uses really long sentences where you have to stop mentally break them down to understand what they actually meanHOWEVER, there is a lot of good information in this book that I haven't found elsewhere, and unlike many books, I never have reason to doubt the truthfulness or intellectual-honesty of the text.I first read through this book about 3 months ago, but I am constantly browsing back through it all the time now, and I no longer find it difficult to read anymore.I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in this time & place in history.

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