The making of the modern Chinese state 1600-1950 / Huaiyin Li.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of an early-modern territorial state: China in the early to mid-Qing period -- Limits to territorial expansion: fiscal constitution and war-making under the Qing -- Regionalized centralism: the resilience and fragility of the late Qing state -- Between the frontier and the coast: geopolitical strategy reoriented -- A nation-state in the making: fiscal expansion and the new policies -- Centralized regionalism: the rise of regional fiscal-military states -- In search of national unity: frontier rebuilding under the Republic -- The fate of semi-centralism: the Nationalist state succeeded and failed -- Total centralism at work: the confluence of breakthroughs in state-making.

"The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600-1950 offers an historical analysis of the formation of the modern Chinese state from the mid-17th century to the mid-20th century, providing refreshing and provocative interpretations on almost every major issue regarding modern China's development"-- Provided by publisher.