Harmony and war [electronic resource] : Confucian culture and Chinese power politics / Yuan-Kang Wang.
Series: Contemporary Asia in the worldPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.Description: xv, 310 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780231151405 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 9780231522403 (e-book)
- Confucianism -- China -- History
- Confucianism -- Political aspects -- China -- History
- Power (Social sciences) -- China -- History
- Harmony (Philosophy) -- Political aspects -- China -- History
- Militarism -- China -- History
- China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279
- China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- China -- Military policy
- China -- Strategic aspects
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- DS751.3 .W375 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Confucian strategic culture and the puzzle -- Culture and strategic choice -- The northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) -- The southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) -- The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) -- The Ming tribute system -- Chinese power politics in the age of U.S. unipolarity.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.