The Great Enterprise, Volume 2 by Frederic Wakeman

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In classical Chinese, 'The Great Enterprise' means winning The Mandate of heaven to rule over China, the Central Kingdom. This second volume of a two-volume work on 'The Great Enterprise' of the Manchus is the first scholarly narrative in any language relating their conquest of China during the seventeenth century.

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The Great Enterprise, Volume 2 by Frederic Wakeman

In classical Chinese, 'The Great Enterprise' means winning The Mandate of heaven to rule over China, the Central Kingdom. This second volume of a two-volume work on 'The Great Enterprise' of the Manchus is the first scholarly narrative in any language relating their conquest of China during the seventeenth century. (This book was originally published as a boxed two-volume set. It is now available as separate volumes with plain hardcover. The page numbering continues from the first volume to the second.)

Frederic Wakeman, Jr. is the Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. 

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ISBN 13 9780520235199
ISBN 10 0520235193
Title The Great Enterprise, Volume 2
Author Frederic Wakeman Jr
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1986-01-22
Number of pages 658
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.